Indifference Quotes

586 quotes by 452 authors

He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only stand a certain… — Gustave Flaubert
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A man is born into this world with only a tiny spark of goodness in him. The spark is God, it is the soul; the… — Chaim Potok
But it is the knowledge of how contingent my unease is, how dependent on a baby that wails beneath my window one day and does… — J M Coetzee
THERE IS NO mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling… — Jed Rubenfeld
Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death. — Khalil Gibran
The very good people did not convince me; I felt they'd never been tempted. But you knew; you understood; you felt the world outside tugging… — Edith Wharton
Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer has immense circulation,… — Arnold Bennett
Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The technique of a great seducer requires a facility and an indifference in passing from one object of affection to another which I could never… — Marguerite Yourcenar
Why do we wrap things? Usually to protect them. The more fragile they are, the more important the wrapping. Your dream is prey to many… — Jerry Spinelli
I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. — Emily Giffin
For a detective or street police, the only real satisfaction is the work itself; when a cop spends more and more time getting aggravated with… — David Simon
The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased… — W. Somerset Maugham
He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified… — Elizabeth Gaskell
As the possibility of a relationship had faded, Emma had endeavored to harden herself to Dexter's indifference and these days a remark like this caused… — David Nicholls
Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud. — Graham Greene
Hate isnâ€™t the most dangerous thing, heâ€™d said. Indifference is. — Lauren Oliver
Yes. The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. That is why few people find God. They go to church and talk about… — Christopher Pike
A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference. — Lisa Kleypas

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