Gnawing Quotes

58 Gnawing quotes by 56 unique authors

But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never. — Edvard Munch
I don't know many ambition- ridden people who really enjoy themselves. Even success doesn't seem to still the insatiable, gnawing hunger of their ambition. Ambition… — Loretta Young
Men and women aren't really dogs: they only look like it and behave like it. Somewhere inside there is a great chagrin and a gnawing… — D. H. Lawrence
I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was. — Hedy Lamarr
I'm not one to sit and wallow - I would rather figure out a way around so I can move past it and be at… — Sarah McLachlan
In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me to do things in different ways. — Dylan Moran
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when… — Benito Mussolini
Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted… — Camille Paglia
The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart,… — Bernard DeVoto
But sometimes, too, you have this little feeling of knowing, this fuzzy, gnawing sense that someone will become a major something in your life. You… — Deb Caletti
There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the day, to the… — Anais Nin
People move because of the wear and tear of anxiety. Because of the gnawing feeling that no matter how hard they work their efforts will… — Yann Martel
There was nothing I hated worse than clumps of whispering girls who got quiet when I passed. I started picking scabs off my body and,… — Sue Monk Kidd
A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden it.… — Dani Shapiro
I thought of all the magazine article I'd read on mothers who worked and constantly felt guilty about leaving their children with someone else. I… — Jodi Picoult
No; I did not hate him. The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings. I… — Jack London
Morning or night, Friday or Sunday, made no difference, everything was the same: the gnawing, excruciating, incessant pain; that awareness of life irrevocably passing but… — Leo Tolstoy
We are all prone to brood on the evil done us. That brooding becomes as a gnawing and destructive canker. Is there a virtue more… — Gordon B. Hinckley
At last the cold crept up my spine; at last it filled me from foot to head; at last I grew so chill and desolate… — David James Duncan
Being a homicide detective ca be the loneliest job in the world. The friends of the victim are upset and in despair, but sooner or… — Steig Larsson
The assumption is that life doesn't need to be navigated with lessons. You can just do it intuitively. After all, you only need to achieve… — Alain de Botton
Play me something that makes me feel; This soul inside me is made of steel. Brain is breathing, but heart’s not beating And, babe, I… — Melina Marchetta
Of course you realize you're leaving me in the position of being the one tell everyone - your mother, Luke, Alec, Izzy, Magnus..." "I guess… — Cassandra Clare
I'll call if I break a leg or get eaten by a bear." "Play like a rock." "Now?" "No, if a bear starts eating you."… — Darynda Jones

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