Crushing Quotes

199 Crushing quotes by 178 unique authors

Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal,… — Nicholas Sparks
Bliss—a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious—lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most… — David Foster Wallace
Oh my God! I'm crushing an angel. Let me up! — Nalini Singh
She suddenly saw Wimsey in a new light. She knew him to be intelligent, clean, courteous, wealthy, well-read, amusing and enamored, but he had not… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Because he had not done what she, with her heart in her mouth, had hoped he would do, which was to be a man: deny… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I'm a child in that respect: able to live, physically speaking, on a crumb of anticipation for weeks at a time, but always in danger… — ZoÃ« Heller
Everyone had clearly spent far too long perfecting their appearance. I used to feel intimidated by people like this; now I see them as walking… — Charlie Brooker
Angel?" I said. "Baby penguins eat a regurgitated mixture of partially digested fish, krill, and an oily substance form their fathers' stomachs. Are you willing… — James Patterson
My time in the arena made me realize how I needed to stop punishing [my mother] for something she couldn't help, specifically the crushing depression… — Suzanne Collins
If outer events bring him to a position where he can bear them no longer and force him to cry out to the higher power… — Paul Brunton
It is one thing to say you're at war with this whole world and stick your chest out believing it, but when the world shows… — Leif Enger
...my little blurb wasn't going to win me any speaker-of-the-year awards, but at least I hadn't tripped and fallen off the stage, crushing and killing… — Jordan Sonnenblick
Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar, And so… — William Shakespeare
I took his hand, and suddely he yanked me―too roughly―right off the bed so that I thudded against his chest. "Just in case," he muttered… — Stephenie Meyer
When you decide to attack, keep calm and dash in quickly, forestalling the enemy...attack with a feeling of constantly crushing the enemy, from first to… — Miyamoto Musashi
Jerome was sliding and climbing on top of me and it felt like it had the night before, like a crushing weight. So do boys… — Jeffrey Eugenides
You learn nothing about men by snubbing them and crushing their pride. You must ask them what it is they can do in this world,… — Hilary Mantel
I have only danced my life. As a child I danced the spontaneous joy of growing things. As an adolescent, I danced with joy turning… — Isadora Duncan
Nicholas wanted to believe in fairy tales. She'd read her share, hoping for miracles, but in the end, there was no hundred acre wood to… — Christine Feehan
I see enormous loves growing immense and finally crushing me. — Anais Nin
Nix still held Benny's hand, and her grip tightened to an almost crushing force, grinding his hand bones together. It hurt, but Benny would rather… — Jonathan Maberry
You know, a few months ago, I made a terrible mistake. I realized something, and instead of crushing the thought the moment it came I...… — Richard Curtis
It's obsequious little nicety-nice girls like me who allow assholes to run the world: Miss Harlot O'Harlots, billionaire phony tree huggers, hypocrite drug-snorting, weed-puffing peace… — Chuck Palahniuk
The amusement fled from Royce's face and with a groan he pulled her roughly against his chest, crushing her to him. "Jenny," he whispered hoarsely,… — Judith McNaught
He looked at the pain and he set himself apart from it. He saw it, examined it, identified it, corralled it. He isolated it. He… — Lee Child

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