Intense Quotes

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Even the most subjected person has moments of rage and resentment so intense that they respond, they act against. There is an inner uprising that… — Bell Hooks
Haven't you ever known someone rejected by a lover, who, consumed by rage and jealousy, never lets go? They look on from a distance, unseen… — Scott Westerfeld
Atheism, true 'existential' atheism burning with hatred of a seemingly unjust or unmerciful God, is a spiritual state; it is a real attempt to grapple… — Seraphim Rose
Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence manifest from the… — Julio Cortazar
Anticipation makes pleasure more intense — Iris Johansen
Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy… — May Sarton
Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge — Winston Churchill
White Chocolate. Intense, sweet. But not deep. Okay for prom dates or flings, but not to get serious..Milk chocolates are guys you could date for… — E. Lockhart
I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have… — Kay Redfield Jamison
She was starting to think there might be such a thing as karma - that repetition - maybe you lived through the same thing over… — Janet Fitch
Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I… — Joseph Conrad
I imagine that the goddess of Love has come down from Olympus to visit a mortal. So as not to die of cold in this… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Jealousy we understood and thought natural... But envy was a strange, new feeling for us. And all the time we knew that Maureen Peal was… — Toni Morrison
Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at… — Paulo Coelho
Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm 63:3) - is… — John Piper
There are moments when I am writing when I think that if other people knew how I felt right now, theyâ€™d burn me at the… — Anne Lamott
I look back over my shoulder and feel the presence of an intense young girl and then a volatile and disturbed young woman, both with… — Kay Redfield Jamison
I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid… — Mahatma Gandhi
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to… — Bertrand Russell
The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy… — Emily Bronte

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