Frayed Quotes

29 quotes by 27 authors

America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but… — Gary Bauer
A new oath holds pretty well; but... when it is become old, and frayed out, and damaged by a dozen annual retryings of its remains,… — Mark Twain
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. — Jimmy Cannon
It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe in, but once… — Michael Palin
One of my many horrors is to become the man with the frayed jacket and unfastened flies standing at the Co-op counter with egg on… — Per Petterson
So, if you donâ€™t fit in, if you feel at odds with the world, if your identity is troubled and frayed, if you feel lost… — George Monbiot
Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes. — Israel Shenker
Once a restless or frayed mood has turned to anger, or violence, or psychosis, Richard, like most, finds it very difficult to see it as… — Kay Redfield Jamison
A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive in the constant… — Diane Ackerman
Children who are decked with prince's robes and who have jeweled chains round their necks lose all pleasure in play; their dress hampers them at… — Rabindranath Tagore
I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my… — Annie Dillard
Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint. — Vance Havner
The world, nature, human beings, do not move like machines. The edges are never clear-cut, but always frayed. Nature never draws a line without smudging… — Winston Churchill
To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military… — Frank Gaffney
My poor life This shawl Frayed on strongboxes full of gold I roll along with Dream And smoke And the only flame in the universe — Blaise Cendrars
Imagine that the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core of the thing - right in the hub of… — Elizabeth Gilbert
There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love remains. — Frank Herbert
Many a night I woke to the murmer of paper and knew (Dad) was up, sitting in the kitchen with frayed King James - oh,… — Leif Enger
Love was a sacred garment, woven of a fabric so thin that it could not be seen, yet so strong that even mighty death could… — Dean Koontz
I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my… — Annie Dillard

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