Best Distilled Sayings

73 Distilled quotes by 66 unique authors

Drunkeness, she told us in a rare moment of confidence, is a sin against the fruit, the tree, the wine itself. Wine, distilled and nurtured… — Joanne Harris
...but you are too much for them: the weak in courage are strong in cunning; and one by one, you have absorbed and have captured… — James Agee
I wondered why it had to be so poisonous. Oleanders could live through anything, they could stand heat, drought, neglect, and put out thousands of… — Janet Fitch
I was struck with a bolt of distilled horror like I have never known before. Far worse than suddenly finding yourself walking through a prison… — Augusten Burroughs
Sometimes, in the trenches, you get the sense of something, ancient. One trench we held, it had skulls in the side, embedded, like mushrooms. It… — Pat Barker
For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located… — Sting
Marquise de Merteuil: I've distilled every thing to one single principle: win or die. — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Now I’m just standing here on the conveyor. Along for the ride. I reach the end, turn around, and go back the other way. The… — Isaac Marion
The sky is purple, the flare of a match behind a cupped hand is gold; the liquor is green, bright green, made from a thousand… — Poppy Z. Brite
And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form of liberation. Everything… — John Green
And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form of liberation. — John Green
It was so good to be held. If only their relationship could be distilled into simple, wordless gestures of comfort. Why had humans ever learned… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
For the anointed, traditions are likely to be seen as the dead hand of the past, relics of a less enlightened age, and not as… — Thomas Sowell
Art Is a Way Out. Do not let life overwhelm you. When the old paths are choked with the débris of failure, look for newer… — Nathanael West
We all know grandparents whose values transcend passing fads and pressures, and who possess the wisdom of distilled pain and joy. — Jimmy Carter
I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could I make a… — Jenny Offill
I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into a few words. — Gretchen Rubin
If I took the 40 years of my dad talking to me about war and battles and taking me to battlefields and distilled it down… — Suzanne Collins
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass… — Robert Hall
Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature of metal itself... — Lars Ulrich
A kiss is a love story distilled into a single moment. — Cristina Orante
Don't use tap water to make your colloidal silver. Use pure distilled water only. And don't take very large dosages or strong concentrations for long… — Stan Jones
The defence of a stalker or jealous abuser, on facing an assault charge, than a quotationof distilled wisdom! — Mak_786

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