Savage Quotes

368 Savage quotes by 284 unique authors

The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage. — Henry David Thoreau
Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new language can move,… — Elizabeth Kostova
We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of… — Farley Mowat
I don't expect Christians to see God as a metaphor, but that's what he is. Perhaps it might be clearer to call him a character… — Philip Pullman
Oh, I'm burning! I wish I were out of doors! I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... and laughing… — Emily Bronte
Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma. There it is before you, smiling, frowning, inviting, grand, mean,… — Joseph Conrad
To such men the desperate and horrible thought has come that perhaps the whole of human life is but a bad joke, a violent and… — Hermann Hesse
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy!… — Jane Austen
No one is safe from nature's savagery,not even the innocent. Only beauty is consistent. Gabrielle envisions a time when the Savage Garden will overtake civilizations… — Anne Rice
Knowing not grieving remembers a thousand savage and lonely streets. — William Faulkner
Truth has advocates who seek understanding," Richard said. "Corrupt ideas have miserable little fanatics who attempt to enforce their beliefs through intimidation and brutality... through… — Terry Goodkind
In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art--the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling grandeur of Fragonard's… — Anne Rice
I wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What I sought was the sense… — Haruki Murakami
I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we… — Michel de Montaigne
I was about to look away when he reached across the seat, touched my jaw with his long, strong, beautiful fingers, and caressed my face.… — Karen Marie Moning
Then he raised her enough to whisper in her ear, and while his voice was tender, his words were savage. "You're my woman, and no… — Lisa Kleypas
They forget that the vampaneze were once our brothers, that by destroying them, we destroy a part of ourselves. Most vampire never realize how pointless… — Darren Shan
I found in myself, and still find, an instinct toward a higher, or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most men, and another… — Henry David Thoreau
During the lifetime of great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes constantly hounded them, received their theories with the most savage malice, the most furious hatred and… — Vladimir Lenin
No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring… — J.R.R. Tolkien
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world… — Charles Darwin
Did you eat something that didn't agree with you?" asked Bernard. The Savage nodded "I ate civilization. — Aldous Huxley
Victor smiled through the pain and the blood. "Of course you have. I used to think Belikov was the savage one, but it's really you,… — Richelle Mead
Inside all people there is love, also the need to take care of the other man who is his brother. Inside everyone is a savage,… — Bryce Courtenay
When Barrons looks at me like that, it rattles me. Lust, in those ancient, obsidian eyes, offers no trace of humanity. Doesn’t even bother trying.… — Karen Marie Moning

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