Grim Quotes

206 quotes by 196 authors

A thousand times today I've started to open my mouth, started to squeak out, "Can you tell me...? But then I'd look into the front… — Margaret Haddix
It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge. — Joseph Conrad
Handsome enough' is this Grim Reaper, Who can snuff all these 'brief candles,' every fluttering soul sucking the air, from this hall" -The Vampire Lestat — Anne Rice
The Grim Reaper doesn't disappear... he catches up. — Patrick Carman
Oh, how desperately bored, in spite of their grim determination to have a Good Time, the majority of pleasure-seekers really are! — Aldous Huxley
Grim sighed heavily. "I swear I'm getting a migraine." "My mom suffers from those a lot, too." "Being around you, I imagine she does. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
When one of my Japanese teacups is broken, I imagine that the real cause was not the careless hand of a maid but the anxieties… — Fernando Pessoa
I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and… — Anne Lamott
We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out. Once we really get the full measure of it--we're… — Gregory Maguire
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that the… — Irvine Welsh
Still, this whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual. Or a diagram of some kind. A flowchart would have been nice. — Darynda Jones
Dan moved forward and replaced Jonah at the helm. "I've got a plan!" "That's my man!" The famous grin disappeared as Jonah took in the… — Gordon Korman
...there's no rule book or game plan when it comes to the grim realities of our lives. — Simone Elkeles
Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his hand, in the… — Jim Butcher
Harmony glanced to her left, and my gaze followed hers to the living room, where my aunt had died, my cousin had been restored, and… — Rachel Vincent
I don't know the meaning of life. I don't know why we are here. I think life is full of anxieties and fears and tears.… — Charles M. Schulz
And, ah, who are you? What Horseman, I mean.â€ Thanatos swung around. â€œDeath.â€ Cara swallowed. Audibly. â€œAs in, the Grim Reaper?â€ He snorted. â€œThat poser. — Larissa Ione
We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out. — Gregory Maguire
I told you I would tell you my names. This is what they call me. I'm called Glad-of-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-Eyed.… — Neil Gaiman
When the dead body said, "Good evening," Annabel had to face the grim conclusion that it wasn't as dead as she'd hoped. — Julia Quinn

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