Maimed Quotes

43 Maimed quotes by 42 unique authors

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic heart. — William Butler Yeats
When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious. — Edna O'Brien
Pain is very often a maimed creature without a mouth. — Jeanette Winterson
They had killed themselves over our dying forests, over manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they had killed themselves… — Jeffrey Eugenides
The men who were well enough to stand had moved across the carriage to cheer the Italians as they went past. A crutch waved out… — George Orwell
What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy. I wasn't starving or maimed by a land mine or orphaned. Yet… — Jodi Picoult
I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of… — Oscar Wilde
They wanted to have a good time, but they were like children playing in the street; they could see one after another of them being… — Philip K. Dick
Strange how it was always the spoiled who weakened and cried first, and it was the injured, the maimed, the blind, and the poor who… — Louis L'Amour
(...) I let go, crying and unable to stop because God was such a dirty crook, contemptible skunk, that's what he was for doing that… — John Fante
She was tired of being told how it was by this generation, who’d botched things so badly. They’d sold their children a pack of lies:… — Libba Bray
She reached out and touched the king’s face, cupping his cheek in her hand. “Just a nightmare,” he said, his voice still rough. The queen’s… — Megan Whalen Turner
They had bombed and burned,killed and maimed,plundered and looted.Now they had come to claim the land. — Susan Abulhawa
The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for the utter abolition of boxing… — John Boyle O'Reilly
To be sure, those who are actually engaged in combat - those who actually see the maimed bodies and mourning mothers - struggle more than… — Stanley Hauerwas
The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your… — Jane Velez-Mitchell
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind. — Benjamin Franklin
Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love. By returning, you may ensure that fewer souls… — Albus Dumbledore

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