Reprieve Quotes

24 Reprieve quotes by 23 unique authors

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve. — Theodor Adorno
We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation. — Tom Stoppard
For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the… — George Washington
Many of us understand giving, but some of us may still be confused about the meaning of forgiveness. Some people may go through life in… — John Templeton
Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Blackthorne, beside the gates, was still turmoiled by his boundless joy at her reprieve and he remembered how his own will had been stretched that… — James Clavell
A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty's horse to fly within the year - on… — Bernard Baruch
In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion that he might… — Viktor E. Frankl
Each time a new baby is born there is a possibility of reprieve. Each child is a new being, a potential prophet, a new spiritual… — R. D. Laing
Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve. — Euripides
Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time. — Mason Cooley
It's like being on Death Row in an American jail. You are waiting for the door handle to turn, not knowing whether it's a reprieve… — Howard Wilkinson
Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards. Something is funny… — Steve Almond
I wish I could leave you certain of the images in my mind, because they are so beautiful that I hate to think they will… — Marilynne Robinson
Love, the deadliest of all things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't. But that isn't it, exactly. The condemner… — Lauren Oliver
For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieve—like the soul’s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy… — Laini Taylor
This, she thought, isn’t just for today. It’s for everything. For the heartache that still felt like a punch in the gut each time it… — Laini Taylor
She is all I could ever ask for, she is perfect, and right now, with those big, green eyes and pillowy lips and alabaster thighs,… — Pete Wentz
I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I… — Peter Wright
An ability to see several different solutions can grant a reprieve from the finality of ending it all. — Senoraroy
We are not cured of alcoholism. What we have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a… — William Griffith Wilson
This lie of a life can as quickly as it came dissolve. We seek only reprieve and welcome the darkness. The myth of a meaning… — Lamb Of God
If Arnold is elected, you know who I'd feel sorry for? The people on death row. Imagine, you're about to be executed, the governor calls,… — Jay Leno
He had seen the end of an era,the sunset of the pioneer. He had come upon it when already its glory was nearly spent. So… — Willa Cather

Who Wrote These Reprieve Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 24 Reprieve Quotes as follows: