I Envied Quotes
15 quotes by 15 authors
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It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.
— Kenneth Williams
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They say teenagers can sleep all day. I often used to look at dogs and be amazed by the way they seemed to sleep for…
— John Marsden
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I noticed the drama majors on campus when I was at Notre Dame. They just seemed to be freer spirits than the rest of us.…
— Catherine Hicks
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The scene I had just witnessed (a couple making love in the ocean) brought back a lot of memories – not of things I had…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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I envied those who could believe in a God and I distrusted them. I felt they were keeping their courage up with a fable of…
— Graham Greene
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When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No matter what they were…
— Patch Adams
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I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal…
— Shan Sa
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I envied it; not the idea of having so much money that you could throw it away, but the thought of growing up in a…
— Kelley Armstrong
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The thing is that I am a member of that sad, ever-dwindling minority... the child of an unbroken home. I have carried this albatross since…
— Martin Amis
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She left me, offended at my want of sympathy, and thinking, no doubt, that I envied her. I did not - at least, I firmly…
— Anne Bronte
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I envied women with signature hair-dos, signature perfumes, signature sign-offs. Novelists who tell Vogue Magazine: “I can’t live without my Smythson notebook, Pomegranate Noir cologne…
— Emma Forrest
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I was tired and crazy and rushed, and every time I boarded a plane, I wanted the plane to crash. I envied people dying of…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don't suppose I had any…
— Elizabeth Wein
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As I took a step toward him your eyes met mine and I saw the silent pleading for forgiveness or acceptance. I wasn't sure which.…
— Abbi Glines
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When I was in my teens and twenties, I could see friends expressing how radical they were, and I envied them, the way they lived,…
— Susan Minot
Who Wrote These I Envied Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 15 I Envied Quotes as follows: