Severed Quotes

75 Severed quotes by 69 unique authors

I carry the landscape inside me like an ache. The story of who I am cannot be severed from the story of the flatwoods. — Janisse Ray
Mind severed from body, culture from planet- to lose our ground is to lose our home. — Anodea Judith
...[K]now that however ugly the parts appear the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand Is an ugly thing, and man dissevered from the earth and… — Robinson Jeffers
From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a box already built for us to fit inside. Our umbilical cord never seems… — Paige Bradley
In the case of the stomach, however, the nerves of the glandular cells were always severed when constructing an artificially isolated pouch and this, naturally,… — Ivan Pavlov
I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed politically since 1776,… — Robert Burchfield
Man alone, during his brief existence on this earth, is free to examine, to know, to criticize, and to create. In this freedom lies his… — Ruth Nanda Anshen
Only he with the hobbled foot fully knows the beauty of running. Only he with the severed ear can apprehend what the sweetest music must… — Gregory Maguire
We do not truly speak except at a distance. There is no word not severed. — Edmond Jabes
Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory: - That is the… — Leonardo da Vinci
Art lost its basic creative drive the moment it was separated from worship. It severed an umbilical cord and now lives its own sterile life,… — Ingmar Bergman
A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. — Mitch Hedberg
As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed. — Quentin Tarantino
Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed… — Frans de Waal
It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers. — Neil Gaiman
five severed fingers do not make a hand — Daniel Quinn
Our state cannot be severed, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself. — John Milton
- Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long… — Jerzy Kosinski
I moved through the days like a severed head that finishes a sentence. — Amy Hempel
Stay here til I come to fetch you." I no longer recognize you in the Republic of Joy," I loftily informed him. "Our diplomatic ties… — Katie MacAlister
I hate both of my parents right now: for sitting quietly in our house, while out in the darkness my heart was beating away all… — Lauren Oliver
Will: "Nice place to live, isn't it? Let's hope they left something behind other than filth. Forwarding addresses, a few severed limbs, a prostitute or… — Cassandra Clare
[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years.… — Daniel Quinn
But mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. I still loved him. It felt like anything… — Jodi Picoult
The deepest and most organic death is death in solitude, when even light becomes a principle of death. In such moments you will be severed… — Emile M. Cioran

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