Forbidden Quotes

367 Forbidden quotes by 303 unique authors

American men are allotted just as many tears as American women. But because we are forbidden to shed them, we die long before women do,… — Pat Conroy
Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The Forbidden Forest looked as though it had been enchanted, each tree smattered with silver, and Hagrid's cabin looked like an iced cake. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous.… — Pablo Picasso
For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless,… — Martin Luther
Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.… — Mark Twain
Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them. — Oscar Wilde
Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden. — Thomas Mann
You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts… — Winston Churchill
As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon smoking opium in… — William S. Burroughs
I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing… — Daniil Kharms
It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg. — Anatole France
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals… — Milan Kundera
This was exactly what the girl had most dreaded all her life and had scrupulously avoided until now: lovemaking without emotion or love. She knew… — Milan Kundera
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of… — Richard Wurmbrand
As each wave of technology is released. It must be accompanied by a demand for new skills, new language. Consumers must constantly update their ways… — Richard Kadrey
Because there are mysteries. Because there are things that people are forbidden to speak about. Because there are things they do not remember. — Neil Gaiman
Reading in bed is a self-centered act, immobile, free from ordinary social conventions, invisible to the world, and one that, because it takes place between… — Alberto Manguel
No. The answer was no, I was not all right. I nearly got knocked out. Knocked out by desire! Desire for forbidden dissimilar molecules — Meg Cabot
girls forbidden to dance would only attract husbands with bad complexions and sunken chests. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I am not in the least forbidden. You may sample me all you choose. — Lora Leigh
Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for… — Holly Black
Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect of activities not… — Bertrand Russell
They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and… — Arundhati Roy

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