Forcing Quotes

288 quotes by 260 authors

In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at… — Barbara Kingsolver
Would you leave me alone, you walking pair of boots! Let go of my easel, you refugee from a luggage factory. If you need some… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Energy rests upon love; and come as it will, there's no forcing it. — Leo Tolstoy
I wanted to kick Bruce in the taint. No one is just one thing. Many things contribute to the whole of a person, and just… — Chelsea Handler
...for me there is too little of life to spend most of it forcing myself into detachment from it. — M.F.K. Fisher
Now I want you to listen to me," he said in a low voice, taking her chin in his hand and forcing her to look… — Julia Quinn
... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches. — Frank Herbert
No, I only think you cruel, as I said the other day. Maybe not intentionally cruel; but you seem to be forcing me into disclosures… — Kate Chopin
Why do they blame me for all their little failings? They use my name as if I spent my entire days sitting on their shoulders,… — Neil Gaiman
Sable hair bisected his pecs and arrowed down to the straight and unequivocal statement of his returned interest. Forcing my gaze to his face, I… — Josh Lanyon
Here I was again tonight forcing laughter, faking smiles Same old tired, lonely place — Taylor Swift
From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to American politics--the name of Jesus had been hijacked as an ally in all kinds of power struggles. Since… — Dan Brown
He's at ease, his body sculpted to the music, his shoulder searching the other shoulder, his right toe knowing the left knee, the height, the… — Colum McCann
Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the… — Pat Conroy
only a matter of time before it broke through our fragile web of denial, forcing us to confront the truth and acknowledge who we are:… — Tabitha Suzuma
Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hinted that he might be poisoning one of them… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch â€“ this is the Capitolâ€™s way of reminding us how… — Suzanne Collins
Love is one of the most intense feelings felt by man; another is hate. Forcing yourself to feel indiscriminate love is very unnatural. If you… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real. — Gene Wolfe
At first I was glad for the help. My freshmen English class, "Mythology and Archetypal Experience," confounded me. I didn't understand why we couldn't just… — Alison Bechdel

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