Riven Quotes

11 quotes by 11 authors

...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work. — Paul Farmer
I distrust summaries, any kind of gliding through time, any too great a claim that one is in control of what one recounts; I think… — Harold Brodkey
Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of… — William Wordsworth
I've seen it around the world, in the poorest countries and in countries riven with conflict, It is women who are the key to breaking… — Queen Noor of Jordan
A thunder-storm!â€”the eloquence of heaven, When every cloud is from its slumber riven, Who hath not paused beneath its hollow groan, And felt Omnipotence around… — Robert Montgomery
The earth is rocking, the skies are riven-- Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion, Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven. — Robert Williams Buchanan
I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large… — Mahatma Gandhi
Nor does God whisper through the trees. His voice is not to be mistaken. When men hear it they fall to their knees and their… — Cormac McCarthy
All my laurels you have riven away, and my roses; yet in spite of you, there is one crown I bear away with me... One… — Edmond Rostand
In the early New England meeting-houses the seats were long, narrow, uncomfortable benches, which were made of simple, rough, hand-riven planks placed on legs like… — Alice Morse Earle
I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching… — Jeffrey Eugenides

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