Harrowing Quotes

29 quotes by 29 authors

When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing… — Harlan Coben
I am a firm believer in The Paleo Solution. I maintain a hectic schedule that starts early and finishes late. Filming a television series, maintaining… — Eva LaRue
Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth. — Margaret Fuller
Secret of life is to go through something harrowing that doesnt kill you...and to love one woman for the rest of your life. — Garrison Keillor
Jesmyn Ward returns to the world of her first two books, but here in the mode of non-fiction. A clear-eyed witness to the harrowing stories… — Nicholas Delbanco
They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children. — Philip Kaufman
The harrowing of the soul can be like the harrowing of the soil; to increase the yield, things are turned upside down. — Neal A. Maxwell
Michael Winterâ€™s fiction is a lot like hearing him talk about his lifeâ€¦ harrowing in an after-the-fact hilarious way. Full of wonder and mystery. A… — Michael Crummey
Cracking the Ice scores the literary equivalent of a hat-trick: funny, harrowing and finally, heartfelt. This book is a winner. — Gregory Neri
Striding tall through Lauren St John's gorgeously written memoir is her father, and chapter after chapter their relationship is untangled and celebrated. Joy and a… — Lisa Fugard
The journey toward authenticity, toward becoming whole is made palpable in Maureen Seaton's Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir. It shines its considerable light on… — Terry Wolverton
Well, I stopped drinking. That was actually a big deal. I didn't go through any harrowing rock-bottom experience. I just made a decision to stop… — Josh Radnor
I observed that the successful farmer worked at his job. He would do his plowing, disking, harrowing, seeding, and harvesting in the proper season and… — Nathan Eldon Tanner
There is nothing more painful than the untimely death of someone young and dear to the heart. The harrowing grief surges from a bottomless well… — Jocelyn Murray
In the twentieth century, the repellent, harrowing disease that is made the index of a superior sensitivity, the vehicle of "spiritual" feelings and "critical" discontent,… — Susan Sontag
Once upon a time, began the story of you.Many perilous, wonderful, harrowing, brilliant, delightful, profound things happened.And yetâ€”the most exciting twists and best turns are… — Vera Nazarian
I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian… — Douglas Rushkoff
Perhaps [transgression] is like a flash of lightning in the night which, from the beginning of time, gives a dense and black intensity to the… — Michel Foucault
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell… — Barbara Kingsolver
Looking at suicideâ€”the sheer numbers, the pain leading up to it, and the suffering left behindâ€”is harrowing. For every moment of exuberance in the science,… — Kay Redfield Jamison

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