Forbidden Quotes

367 Forbidden quotes by 303 unique authors

Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on the… — C.S. Lewis
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to accomplish in this… — Clarice Lispector
Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was… — Edith Hamilton
When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more… — Norman Maclean
A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music… — Roald Dahl
It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I… — Jon Krakauer
There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths. — Carl Sagan
If it's the lack of forbidden you're worried about. You could still forbid me to do things." "What kind of things?" She felt him smile… — Cassandra Clare
We are Adam and Eve born out of chaos called creation Ribbing me gave you life yet you forget there will always be a part… — Megan McCafferty
Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till… — John Milton
Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp…” She looked at Zoe. “Which one was… — Rick Riordan
Forbidden to remember, terrified to forget; it was a hard line to walk. — Stephenie Meyer
There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It's like… — Margaret Atwood
The intellectual was rejected and persecuted at the precise moment when the facts became incontrovertible, when it was forbidden to say that the emperor had… — Michel Foucault
The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. — Herman Melville
By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet Muhammad attempted to… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why it is forbidden under penalty of death. — Anne Rice
Why have I always been forbidden to touch him? (Stryker) Ours it not to question why. Ours is but to live or die. (Apollymi) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
At the end of the day it's about how much you can bear, how much you can endure. Being together, we harm nobody; being apart,… — Tabitha Suzuma
And this is the forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo - that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to… — Joyce Carol Oates
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the… — Oscar Wilde
At what point do you give up - decide enough is enough? There is only one answer really. Never. — Tabitha Suzuma
The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me… — Brennan Manning
I might appear confident and chatty, but I spend most of my time laughing at jokes I don't find funny, saying things I don't really… — Tabitha Suzuma

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