Nerves Quotes

664 Nerves quotes by 537 unique authors

The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though… — Graham Greene
There is a man, playing a violin, and the strings are the nerves in his own arm... — James O'Barr
I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man! — Wilkie Collins
The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear.… — Joe Hill
The thing about growing up with Fred and George," said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Ignore any loss of nerve, ignore any loss of self-confidence, ignore any doubt or confusion. Move on believing in love, in peace, and harmony, and… — Anne Rice
Each night, Liesel would step outside, wipe the door, and watch the sky. Usually it was like spillage - cold and heavy, slippery and gray… — Markus Zusak
Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its expression has nothing to do with its intensity. — Nathanael West
Images cluttered the pages, but one tattoo set her nerves on edge; inky black eyes surrounded by wings likes shadows coalescing. Mine. The thought, the… — Melissa Marr
I feel like, like pudding," Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain. — James Patterson
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... — John Muir
One must read poetry with one's nerves. — Wallace Stevens
Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Never drink diet soda. It shows you have no nerve. Only drink real colas, caffeine-packed energy drinks, or vitamin water. Hate champagne because that’s what… — Paris Hilton
Odd to think that the piece of you I know best is already dead. The cells on the surface of your skin are thin and… — Jeanette Winterson
Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire. — J. G. Ballard
But tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble’s soul; his heart was waterproof. Like washable beaver hats that improve with… — Charles Dickens
I'll tell you, my friends: it's all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love.… — Roberto Bolano
People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called *character,* a quality which, although approved in… — Joan Didion
But like a gambler at a slot machine, hoping the next spin would change her life for the better, she closed in before she lost… — Nicholas Sparks
I hope you will love your baby. I hope it will be a boy. That husband of yours, I hope, will always treat you well,… — Vladimir Nabokov
I want you to take a red-hot bath as hot as you can bear it, and just relax your nerves. You can read in the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own living body than ever… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There's a fine edge to new grief, it severs nerves, disconnects reality--there's mercy in a sharp blade. Only with time, as the edge wears, does… — Christopher Moore
After another ten minutes, the gates of thievery would open just a crack, and Liesel Meminger would widen them a little further and squeeze through.… — Markus Zusak

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