Numbed Quotes
25 quotes by 24 authors
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The feel of not to feel it, When there is none to heal it Nor numbed sense to steel it.
— John Keats
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Those who have been immersed in the tragedy of massive death during wartime, and who have faced it squarely, never allowing their senses and feelings…
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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As a result of continuous work with these highly toxic substances, our minds were so numbed that we no longer had any scruples about the…
— Otto Hahn
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When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as…
— Judith Wright
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If your senses are numbed with delusion and denial, you will stop looking for these true strengths and wind up living a second-rate version of…
— Donald O. Clifton
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some…
— Angus Wilson
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The split in America, rather than simply economic, is between those who embrace reason, who function in the real world of cause and effect, and…
— Chris Hedges
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Late February, and the air's so balmy snowdrops and crocuses might be fooled into early blooming. Then, the inevitable blizzard will come, blighting our harbingers…
— Gail Mazur
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The smell of death overwhelmed us even before we passed through the stockade. More than 3200 naked, emaciated bodies had been flung into shallow graves.…
— Omar N. Bradley
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They want politics and think it will save them. At best, it gives direction to their numbed desires. But there is no politics but the…
— Gilbert Sorrentino
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The shock of twentieth-century technology numbed our brains and we are just beginning to notice the spiritual and social debris that our technology has strewn…
— Neil Postman
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I don't like explosions. I don't mind progress. But digital photography has made every man, woman, child and chimpanzee a photographer of sorts and consequently…
— Elliott Erwitt
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I'm something that I used to be. I'm never where I feel I am, and if I seek myself, I don't know who's seeking me.…
— Fernando Pessoa
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Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie.
— John Hart
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I have never felt any rest in sleep. For a few seconds I am numbed, then a new life begins, freed from the conditions of…
— Gerard De Nerval
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A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she…
— Nicholas Sparks
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And still Meriadoc the hobbit stood there blinking through his tears, and no one spoke to him, indeed none seemed to heed him. He brushed…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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She licked again, taking her time,even though she didn't need to; her first stroke numbed the bite site. No, this second taste was for her,…
— Larissa Ione
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Here," Myrnin said, his voice still gentle and low. "Amelie said you had to work. No one said you had to work alone." He picked…
— Rachel Caine
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My boredom with everything has numbed me.
— Fernando Pessoa
Who Wrote These Numbed Quotes
24 authors contributed a total of 25 Numbed Quotes as follows: