Shattering Quotes

86 quotes by 81 authors

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone. — Richard Holbrooke
What mortal is there, over whose first joys and happiness does not break some storm, dispelling with its icy breath his fanciful illusions, and shattering… — Alphonse de Lamartine
When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking… — Louis C. K.
War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent. — George Orwell
Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time. — Alvin Toffler
Death never mattered at those times - in the early days I even used to pray for it: the shattering annihilation that would prevent for… — Graham Greene
...When I look back on my life's greatest traumas...I see that each one has something in common. No matter how life-shattering they felt at the… — Anna Maxted
Perhaps I need some shattering experience to awaken and inspire me, or at least to give me some emotion to recollect in tranquility. But how… — Barbara Pym
Spirituality is a mixed-up, topsy-turvy, helter-skelter godliness that turns our lives into an upside-down toboggan ride of unexpected turns, surprise bumps and bone shattering crashes… — Mike Yaconelli
history only existed in the human mind, subject to endless revision. 'each man kills the thing he loves'-Oscar Wilde. You kill it before it kills… — Janet Fitch
Talkâ€”half-talk, phrases that had no need to be finished, abstractions, Chinese bells played on with cotton-tipped sticks, mock orange blossoms painted on porcelain. The muffled,… — Anais Nin
Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and… — Margaret Atwood
I feel as if things are falling apart within me, like so many glass partitions shattering. I walk from place to place in the grip… — Michel Houellebecq
Siry answered with one simple, shattering word. "Veelox. — D. J. MacHale
She didn't even know how dangerous the truth could be, all the tiny, shattering seeds it carried. — Sue Monk Kidd
Sometimes the best of gods gift's arrive by the shattering of all the window panes. — Paulo Coelho
I am talking about ultimate deceit. I am talking about unparalleled treachery. Bottomless lies. Depths that are seen that are previously unimaginable. Darkness and shattering… — Henry Rollins
What is stronger in us â€” passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only… — Nikolai Gogol
My God, that scene in Monster Inc. where the monsters realise that their entire world is founded on hurting children -look at that for a… — Russell T Davies
Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows. (Brida) — Paulo Coelho

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