Grotesque Quotes

128 Grotesque quotes by 99 unique authors

he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
one who awakens gradually out of a dream, a delicious, grotesque, impossible dream, to feel again the realities pressing into her soul — Kate Chopin
The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined. — Arthur Conan Doyle
The more grotesque your boss's pay and the less he has do to earn it, the bigger the motivation for you to work with the… — Tim Harford
Affection would not be affection if it was loudly and frequently expressed; to produce it in public is like getting your household furniture out for… — C.S. Lewis
All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it… — Tom Stoppard
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities,… — Mark Twain
I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers. — Jamie Lee Curtis
I think one of the few faults in Dickens is that mostly his lead characters are blanks - who is David Copperfield, who is Oliver… — Mark Gatiss
If there were a bunch of Buddhist or Hindus or Roman Catholics carrying out grotesque acts of international terror, I would expect to see their… — Monica Crowley
Violence can be very grotesque and also intensely attractive. What interests me is how the two - beauty and violence - live side by side,… — Ori Gersht
If I am not grotesque, I am nothing. — Aubrey Beardsley
I like characters with character, not just pretty faces. Anyway, I think people can be both grotesque and beautiful at the same time. Look at… — Ted Naifeh
I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard. — Rachel Ward
In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones. — Steven Weber
My Love is unbound, My Passions, insatiable, my Joy, an epidemic. I sing out, cry out, scream out to the World; to those lost in… — Eric Nickel
Did you hear that? That whimper? That's the sound of a Soul dying. You probably missed it, basking in your iPod, the grotesque, inane symphony… — Eric Nickel
Suspended, Upright, Strapped down. We'll call it, Maintenance. The Doctor mumbles, Giggles, Rushing about, Doing, whatever the f**k he is doing. I wish he would… — Eric Nickel
Do you fear Love? You should! Love is beautiful, Yet Grotesque. Absolute Aspiration, Devastation Complete. A Song, Whispered. A Symphony, Screamed. A Dance, Along the… — Eric Nickel
I am exquisite Love, her Grotesque absence. I am Passion, trembling; never touched. I am Romance, her sadness. I am joy, her Melancholy. Aspiration, The… — Eric Nickel
A construct, A puzzle of flesh, A patchwork, Of the divine, And grotesque. An exquisite weave, Of parts, Scars, And thread. I am no monster.… — Eric Nickel
Ode to Pain . They came, As Many, Legion. Driven. Unstoppable. Fangs dripping, Claws extended, Ripping, Biting, Cutting, Wounds, Endless. I loath them, Yet Love… — Eric Nickel
That sad and grotesque moment of realization, where you come to understand, see, others are far to lost inside themselves, to care about you at… — Eric Nickel
Sadly...this answer applies to both men and woman. Most, are simply to lost inside themselves to truly Love anything or anyone. A grotesque balance of… — Vladislas Nikilovic
I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way… — Ivan Reitman

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