Desolate Quotes

103 quotes by 88 authors

How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here, but what a desolate place… — Buzz Aldrin
Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering… — Charlotte Gray
The most beautiful things in the creating of the child are his "mistakes." The more a child's work is full of these individual mistakes the… — Franz Cizek
At times, life is hard, as hard as crucible steel. It has its bleak and painful moments. Like the ever flowing water of a river,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Social Science, is not a 'gay science' but rueful, which finds the secret of this universe in 'supply and demand' and reduces the duty of… — Thomas Carlyle
To the last day of your life, be positive; try to be cheerful. Even at the very end, don't think, "I am finished." Instead of… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Throughout our history Americans have put their faith in God and no one can doubt that we have been blessed for it. The earliest settlers… — Ronald Reagan
Penetrate deeply in the secret existence of anyone about you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you will come upon… — Myrtle Reed
THESE are the desolate, dark weeks when nature in its barrenness equals the stupidity of man. The year plunges into night and the heart plunges… — William Carlos Williams
I'm a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody's ready to slit their wrists. — Tori Amos
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will be laid desolate.… — Leslie Charteris
The heart's seasons seldom coincide with the calendar. Who among us has not been made desolate beyond all words upon some golden day when the… — Myrtle Reed
If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and… — Matthew Simpson
Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you,… — Conrad Aiken
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves. — Laozi
Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart… — Alan Redpath
Truffles must come to the table in their own stock and as you break open this jewel sprung from a poverty-stricken soil, imagine - if… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (1) Mauve waters and green mountains are nothing when the great ancient doctor Hua To could not defeat… — Mao Zedong
As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not… — Elwyn Brooks White

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