Hardened Quotes

132 Hardened quotes by 119 unique authors

Despite Langdon’s six-foot frame and athletic build, Anderson saw none of the cold, hardened edge he expected from a man famous for surviving an explosion… — Dan Brown
It was Carrot who'd suggested to the Patrician that hardened criminals should be given the chance to 'serve the community' by redecorating the homes of… — Terry Pratchett
The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against flattery. He thought that he had experienced every variety, but he discovered that he was mistaken: the… — Georgette Heyer
Once you look past the hype, actors are nothing more than fugitives from reality who specialize in contradiction: we are both children and hardened adults—wide-eyed… — Bruce Campbell
Do you believe your heart to be, indeed, so hardened, that you can look without emotion on the suffering, to which you would condemn me? — Ann Radcliffe
Then the old man's face hardened. "What about you young man?" he asked flatly. "Would you like to get what you deserve?" Jones let that… — Andy Andrews
Both Christian and Adrian had worried there would be some piece of Strigoi left in him, but their fears had been about violence and bloodshed.… — Richelle Mead
As a child, he had hardened his heart and learned to take their punches. He had learned to spit back and take down anyone who… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start — Bil Keane
Does love always form, like a pearl, around the hardened bits of life? — Andrew Sean Greer
Brand a man as a thief and no one will ever hire him for honest labor - he will be a hardened robber within weeks.… — Frances Hardinge
The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate who left campus that day headed for New York city, ready… — Mitch Albom
I'm not going to be hardened by these people, to these things, I'm not going to let them destroy my feelings or my emotions. — Pete Doherty
And the west, encumbered by crippling alliances, and hardened with a morality too rigid to accommodate itself to the swing of events, must ..... eventually… — Edward Albee
The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a… — Bruno Schulz
It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence. — Albert Camus
Christians. They’re determined to rid the land of any who worship the Horned One. Murdering all the druids, burning the temples, sometimes whole villages, and… — Unknown Author
That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you is the strongest and most determined. Is it not your breath that has erected and hardened… — Khalil Gibran
It was true; always had been. Friendships were like marriages in that way. Routines and patterns were poured early and hardened like cement. — Kristin Hannah
That demon woman you were lounging with on the divan,” said Will. “Would you call her a friend, or more of a business associate?” Benedict’s… — Cassandra Clare
It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and… — H. Rider Haggard
I've got a gig," Jim said. I sat up in my bed, wide-awake. A gig was good- I needed the money. "Half." "Third." "Half." "Thirty-five… — Ilona Andrews
I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse in the most… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Will you come with me to the mountains? It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened. Reality is harsh to the feet of… — C.S. Lewis
Nobody grasped you by the shoulder while there was still time. Now the clay of which you were shaped has dried and hardened, and naught… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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