Driven Quotes

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why don't we go back out there and tell them what happened? because nothing happened except that everybody has been driven insane and stupid by… — Charles Bukowski
Perhaps because the origins of a certain kind of love lie in an impulse to escape ourselves and out weaknesses by an alliance with the… — Alain de Botton
There is bound to be someone driven mad by love who will give you the chance to study the effects of gold cyanide on a… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It seemed to Alabama that, reaching her goal, she would drive the devils that had driven her - that, in proving herself, she would achieve… — Zelda Fitzgerald
He was in a slow-motion mood-one of my favorites, though it meant i'd be driven crazy before we were done. — Tammara Webber
He must have driven this way countless times, and yet he had no memory of the scenery. He must have been so caught up in… — Rachel Joyce
Mr. Thornton," said Margaret, shaking all over with her passion, "go down this instant, if you are not a coward. Go down and face them… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Speculation can be more gentle, can take its time, when it is not driven by desire. — Alice Munro
We all live under the constant threat of our own annihilation. Only by the most outrageous violation of ourselves have we achieved our capacity to… — R. D. Laing
For many of us, the hospital was as much a refuge as it was a prison. Though we were cut off from the world and… — Susanna Kaysen
A general â€œlaw of least effortâ€ applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several ways of achieving… — Daniel Kahneman
Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden. — Chris Colfer
Will tossed his apple core into the air, at the same time drawing a knife from his belt and throwing it. The knife and the… — Cassandra Clare
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded â€” here and there, now and then â€”… — Robert A. Heinlein
...a chasm opened in the earth and out of it coal-black horses sprang, drawing a chariot and driven by one who had a look of… — Edith Hamilton
Who knows? Maybe theyâ€™re right. Maybe we are driven crazy by our feelings. Maybe love is a disease, and we would be better off without… — Lauren Oliver
Adrian suddenly made an abrupt turn onto a side street we'd nearly driven past. I jerked upright as he clipped the curb. "What are you… — Richelle Mead
The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he… — Steven Pressfield
Ah. Yeah, that would be better. Have you ever driven a bus?" Caine shook his head. "No, I have not." "Strangely enough," Sam said, remembering… — Michael Grant
Who isn't crazy sometimes? Who hasn't driven around a block hoping a certain person will come out; who hasn't haunted a certain coffee shop, or… — Jess Walter

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