Mild Quotes

216 Mild quotes by 196 unique authors

He's never quite got the trick of conversation, tending to hear in dissenting views, however mild, a kind of affront, an invitation to mortal combat. — Ian Mcewan
Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there. — William Wordsworth
There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner… — Mark Twain
If I ever form a clan, we'll be the anti-cheerleaders and walk under the bleacher forming mild acts of mayhem. — Laurie Halse Anderson
But it is possible, it is possible: the old grief, by a great mystery of human life, gradually passes into quiet, tender joy; instead of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When the poet Paul Valery once asked Albert Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but… — Bill Bryson
We are now the proud owners of a white boy. Now we have to shop in the caucasian isle and get sunscreen, mayonaise and mild… — George Lopez
Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am… — Brandon Sanderson
This horror will grow mild, this darkness light. — John Milton
Ogbuef Ezedudu,who was the oldest man in the village, was telling two other men when they came to visit him that the punishment for breaking… — Chinua Achebe
The Photograph is violent: not because it shows violent tings, but because on each occasion (i)it fills the sight by force(i), and because in it… — Roland Barthes
The river was mild and leisurely, going away from the people who ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapors for supper. — Ray Bradbury
I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how… — Yann Martel
Viper: "The dark wizard and I had a mild disagreement." Dante: "What sort of disagreement?" Viper: "I thought he should be dead and he disagreed. — Alexandra Ivy
It’s just a mild disagreement, Papa. Remi has this whole need to breathe in and out, which annoys me. If he would just stop breathing,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
People simplify 'Apollonian' into 'mild', and 'calm', and 'cool'. But 'Apollonian' and 'Dionysian' are two sides of one coin--a nun kneeling in her cell, holding… — Robert A. Heinlein
It was mild monsters like these that made Jack the Ripper go after young women, she decided: who could tolerate yielding the world to someone… — Gregory Maguire
Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level,… — Joseph Campbell
Of course, we all inevitably work too hard, then we get burned out and have to spend the whole weekend in our pajamas, eating cereal… — Elizabeth Gilbert
it’s true this world our breathing laboured inspires nothing more than obvious disgust a desire to flee without our share and no longer read the… — Michel Houellebecq
As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw them… — Alan Moore
The wildest hath not such a heart as you. Run when you will, the story shall be changed: Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;… — William Shakespeare
But the same things that had once attracted menow left me with a mild sense of unease. Ivy would say I was getting smarter, but… — Kim Harrison
Some of the fae have an odd idea of bride send-offs," he explained "including, according to Zee, kidnapping." "I forgot about that." And I was… — Patricia Briggs
You must find a boy your own age. Someone mild and beautiful to be your lover. Someone who will tremble for your touch, offer you… — Janet Fitch

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