Shrink Quotes

261 Shrink quotes by 218 unique authors

When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing. — Tacitus
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds… — Leonardo da Vinci
If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are… — Eleanor Roosevelt
So once you're dead there's just nothing? Mari: Basically... Korogi: I get so scared when I start thinking about this stuff. I can hardly breathe,… — Haruki Murakami
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of his… — Thomas Paine
Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find. — Colin Powell
People are more open about seeking help these days. They recognise the fact that the alternative to having a shrink is that you bore your… — Hugh Laurie
It seems to me that people who don’t learn as easily as others suffer from a kind of learning disability—there is something different about the… — John Irving
But we had with us, to keep and to care for, more than five hundred bruised bodies of men- men made in the image of… — Joshua Chamberlain
Remembering our past, carrying it around with us always, may be the necessary requirement for maintaining, as they say, the wholeness of the self. To… — Milan Kundera
The writer can grow as a person or he can shrink. ... His curiosity, his reaction to life must not diminish. The fatal thing is… — Norman Mailer
If you can approach the world's complexities, both its glories and its horrors, with an attitude of humble curiosity, acknowledging that however deeply you have… — Daniel Dennett
You know what I figured out?" I hate this part." Dr. Martin leaned back in his chair. "It means I'm about to lose income or… — Gail Giles
Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by… — Jacqueline Carey
You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more. — Oprah Winfrey
In Hollywood if you don't have a shrink, people think you're crazy. — Johnny Carson
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that… — Arundhati Roy
Your ideal possession candidate's a thirteen-year-old recently orphaned schizophrenic girl three days away from her period on her way to see the shrink with whom… — Glen Duncan
The world that was not mine yesterday now lies spread out at my feet, a splendor. I seem, in the middle of the night, to… — John Cheever
The ladies men admire, I've heard, Would shudder at a wicked word. Their candle gives a single light, They'd rather stay at home at night.… — Dorothy Parker
To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare to fail... failure is his world and the shrink from it desertion — Marcel Proust
I really think the range of emotions and perceptions I have had access to as a black person and as a female person are greater… — Toni Morrison
Sometimes, a flame can be utterly extinguished. Sometimes, a flame can shrink and waver, but sometimes a flame refuses to go out. It flares up… — Karen Hesse

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