Mortals Quotes
310 Mortals quotes by 200 unique authors
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Good sense tells us that earthly things are rare and fleeting, and that true reality exists only in dreams. To draw sustenance from happiness- natural…
— Charles Baudelaire
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The Divine was expansive, but religion was reductive. Religion attempted to reduce the Divine to a knowable quantity with which mortals might efficiently deal, to…
— Tom Robbins
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Mortals have always exaggerated the difference between hate and love. Both come from the heart. You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.
— Christopher Pike
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He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.
— William Shakespeare
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Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?
— Euripides
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Stupid, fragile mortals.
— Carrie Vaughn
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If we are still discussing its merits tomorrow, I will agree with you," said Diagoras. "Cheer up, laddie. Nobody lives forever." "Oh I expect you…
— David Gemmell
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What fools these mortals be. (Acheron)
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I've read Reverend Kirk, in fact. My uncle's library has quite a few books of your people. I have read Mr. Lang's fairy tales as…
— Melissa Marr
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Mortals. Everything is so black and white to you.
— Kami Garcia
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Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such…
— Kami Garcia
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All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn…
— Herman Melville
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My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for…
— Rick Riordan
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God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere…
— Mario Puzo
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They did not know her-gods are hard for mortals to recognize.
— Homer
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Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no one—so mortals hate him most of all the…
— Homer
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To Love is to be God. Never will a Lover's chest feel any sorrow. Never will a Lover's robe be touched by mortals. Never will…
— Unknown Author
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The gods do make playthings of us ... but it is we mortals who provide them with the tools.
— Melina Marchetta
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But once a dead God, always a dead God, even resurrected. The Son must have the taste of death forever in his mouth. The Trinity…
— Yann Martel
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They've been stealing mortals away for centuries, but they can't have you.
— Melissa Marr
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are
— Rick Riordan
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It is different for us mortals. We are the ones who become old and grey. We are the ones who become worn at the seams…
— Jostein Gaarder
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You didn't want to die. Most mortals don't, even if they find themselves in as desolate and soul-destroying a spot as you. Almost all of…
— Darren Shan
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The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss.
— Deepak Chopra
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For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all. Don't we all secretly know…
— Stephen King
Who Wrote These Mortals Quotes
200 authors contributed a total of 310 Mortals Quotes, led by these top contributors: