Gaunt Quotes

19 quotes by 17 authors

• His face is livid, gaunt his whole body, his breath is green with gall; his tongue drips poison. — John Quincy Adams
• They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism… — Katherine Anne Porter
• And all over the countryside, he knew, on every crest and hill, where once the hedges had interlaced, and cottages, churches, inns, and farmhouses had… — H.G. Wells
• I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet
• It [Socialism] was a kind of political hockey played by big, gaunt, dyspeptic girls in pants. — Mary McCarthy
• I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom half to… — Courteney Cox
• When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don't think she's beautiful. She reminds me of a Chihuahua that's freezing and… — Rosario Dawson
• The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case, He turns his quid of tobacco, while his eyes blur with the… — Walt Whitman
• Thin clouds form, and the shadows lengthen out. They have no breadth, as summer shadows have; there are no leaves on the trees or fat… — Stephen King
• Cities at night, I feel, contain men who cry in their sleep and then say Nothing. It's nothing. Just sad dreams. Or something like that...Swing… — Martin Amis
• The Revolutionary Hill Estates had not been designed to accommodate a tragedy. Even at night, as if on purpose, the development held no looming shadows… — Richard Yates
• Sirius's gaunt face broke out into the first true smile Harry had seen upon it. The difference it made was startling, as though a person… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
• They walked through the rainy dark like gaunt ghosts, and Garraty didn't like to look at them. They were the walking dead. — Stephen King
• The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be virtuous. Let the… — Catherynne M. Valente
• Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the… — George R. R. Martin
• And now she has you seizing control of my army.” “Your army? I thought this was Gaunt’s.” “So did he. — Michael J. Sullivan
• A—ris—ta?” Degan asked, sounding horse. “What is it?” “A rat bit me,” she said, once again shocked by her own rasping voice. “Jasper does that… — Michael J. Sullivan
• Though it may be more romantic to picture the bereaved as gaunt, I imagine you can grieve as efficiently with chocolates as with tap water. — Lionel Shriver
• Jason's fingers itched to draw his sword. He'd met plenty of scary demigods, but he was starting to realize that Nico di Angelo--as pale and… — Rick Riordan

Who Wrote These Gaunt Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 19 Gaunt Quotes as follows:

• 2 Gaunt Quotes by Stephen King
• 2 Gaunt Quotes by Michael J. Sullivan
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Walt Whitman
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Martin Amis
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Richard Yates
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Joanne Kathleen Rowling
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Catherynne M. Valente
• 1 Gaunt Quote by George R. R. Martin
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Lionel Shriver
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Rick Riordan
• 1 Gaunt Quote by John Quincy Adams
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Katherine Anne Porter
• 1 Gaunt Quote by H.G. Wells
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Stephen Vincent Benet
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Mary McCarthy
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Courteney Cox
• 1 Gaunt Quote by Rosario Dawson