Grim Quotes

206 quotes by 196 authors

Some leave our life with tears, others with an insane frigidity; Mrs. Wilcox had taken the middle course, which only rarer natures can pursue. She… — E. M. Forster
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices… — Jerome K. Jerome
Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of… — Charles Dickens
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing… — Herman Melville
It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your… — Simon R. Green
Sometimes a happy delusion is better than grim reality. — James Patterson
Our lack of community is intensely painful. A TV talk show is not community. A couple of hours in a church pew each Sabbath is… — David James Duncan
In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience of that life,… — Azar Nafisi
If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody and no unemployment -- assuming a certain very moderate amount… — Bertrand Russell
Even Christianâ€”the poster child for "smartass"â€”looked grim. — Richelle Mead
Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke. — Joss Whedon
His face set in grim determination, Richard slogged ahead, his fingers reaching up to touch the tooth under his shirt. Loneliness, deeper than he had… — Terry Goodkind
The people in this house, I felt, and I included myself, were like characters each from a different grim and gruesome fairy tale. None of… — Lorrie Moore
How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then?… — Hunter S. Thompson
It is taken care of. Nothing will not break into my Pit or the Far Reaches! I cannot speak for the other parts of the… — Garth Nix
Zia turned toward us, her expression grim. â€œI will show you to your quarters. In the morning, your testing begins. We will see what magic… — Rick Riordan
It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. How the artist captured the light, the details of my mother's dimples, the joy in my… — Ellen Schreiber
Do you know, every time I've seen you you've been like the Grim Reaper of goodwill and cheer. You should find another profession. — Lora Leigh
You're not a woman," he said finally. "You're the Grim Reaper with red hair! — Jeaniene Frost
And so I ask myself: 'Where are your dreams?' And I shake my head and mutter: 'How the years go by!' And I ask myself… — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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