Fatal Quotes

491 quotes by 390 authors

Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being… — Aldous Huxley
Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? — Donna Tartt
Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre. — Albert Camus
It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. — George Eliot
Soon someone would say the fatal words, "Well, I think itâ€™s time for me to go to bed. — Evelyn Waugh
There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble… — Victor Hugo
You smile. No, it is not fatal. — Sylvia Plath
We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less… — C.S. Lewis
Quiet heroism or youthful idealism, or both? What do we know? That life without heroism and idealism is not worth living - or that either… — Erich Segal
So that's how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's stolen from us--that's… — Haruki Murakami
To put it in a nutshell, he was afflicted with a love of literature. It was the fatal nature of this disease to substitute a… — Virginia Woolf
Two households, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene From ancient grudge break to new mutiny Where civil blood makes… — William Shakespeare
Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish… — Robert A. Heinlein
I made a fatal error thinking he could save me. — Jenny Downham
Many couples, many people, are not living with real human beings, but with their ghosts. Who has not followed for years the spell of a… — Anais Nin
my mind is a big hunk of irrevocable nothing which touch and taste and smell and hearing and sight keep hitting and chipping with sharp… — E E Cummings
For every fatal shooting, there are about 3 non-fatal shootings. Folks, this is unacceptable in America. — George W. Bush
Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to… — Donna Tartt
Roxane: His face is like yours, burning with spirit and imagination. He is proud and noble and young and fearless and beautiful- Cyrano:(losing all his… — Edmond Rostand
Because neither she nor Port had ever lived a life of any kind of regularity, they had both made the fatal error of coming hazily… — Paul Bowles

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