Desolate Quotes
103 quotes by 88 authors
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Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings.
— Richard Jefferies
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July 2. A beautiful day for Labrador. Went ashore and killed nothing, but was pleased with what I saw. The country is so grandly wild…
— John James Audubon
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The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world…
— Jules Verne
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And I was desolate and sick of an old passion.
— Ernest Dowson
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It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at the bottom. Each, in its utmost…
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and…
— Bible
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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, / Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; /…
— Bible
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The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
— Bible
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Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into…
— Bible
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. . . Charles Darnay seemed to stand in a company of the dead. Ghosts all! The ghost of beauty, the ghost of stateliness, the…
— Charles Dicken
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All your thoughts let them fall like a million raindrops on this desolate ground I'm standin' on.
— Jerhia
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HOW I FEEL WHEN YOU'RE GONE: abandoned, alone, apart, by oneself, comfortless, companionless, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, estranged, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left,…
— Leslie
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The most painful lesson is no matter how much it hurts, the world does not stop for your heartache. When you feel so desolate and…
— Angel Marie
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After all the pain you put me through, I cant stand to see the sight of you, but you are drowning in your misery you…
— Saving Abel
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''For I studied I've myself, ''I make mistakes like everyone else I've the same organs and body mechanics as most homo sapiens.'' ''The greedy man…
— Jeremy Limn
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Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only when…
— Kahlil Gibran
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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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Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. (1 Timothy 5:5)
— Bible
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I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable, the…
— Dorothea Dix
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Isolation makes me lonesome, but when I'm lonely in a crowd, I feel desolate and forlorn.
— Steve Fowler
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