Stains Quotes

224 Stains quotes by 190 unique authors

What happens in a certain place can stain your feelings for that location, just as ink can stain a white sheet. You can wash it,… — Daniel Handler
I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Stain Boy Of all the super heroes, the strangest one by far, doesn't have a special power, or drive a fancy car. next to Superman… — Tim Burton
I felt an unrelenting restlessness. It was the first time I had ever experienced jealousy, and that emotion clung to my skin day and night… — Isabel Allende
Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black. — Helen Hunt Jackson
Even without them touching me, I feel dirty about what I do. Alex does even filthier things but says it all washes off with soap.… — Ellen Hopkins
The sky is darkening like a stain Something is going to fall like rain And it won't be flowers — Wystan Hugh Auden
If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance. — R. Scott Bakker
I wonder what a soul…a person's soul…would look like,' said Priscilla dreamily. 'Like that, I should think,' answered Anne, pointing to a radiance of sifted… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
We leave a stain, we leave a trail, we leave our imprint. Impurity, cruelty, abuse, error, excrement, semen - there’s no other way to be… — Philip Roth
Death isn't enough. It doesn't remove the stain. But a slap, a whiplash, square on the face, does. Because a man's face is as sacred… — Mario Vargas Llosa
Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time. — Terry Goodkind
Jem was safe from her, and he would ride away with a song on his lips and a laugh at her expense, forgetful of her,… — Daphne du Maurier
There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action or… — Peter Ackroyd
They watched storms out there so distant they could not be heard, the silent lightning flaring sheetwise and the thin black spine of the mountain… — Cormac McCarthy
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose, keep in touch (or don't), care about birthdays, waste and lose time, brush their teeth,… — Jonathan Safran Foer
There were some people who hit your life so hard, they left a stain on your future. — Jodi Picoult
Frost in January minus 20 for a week. Dead birds frozen on the branch—they fall with the first thaw like ripe fruit—death-ripened. We shall all… — Lawrence Durrell
This gown, is it cut from shadow?" the general asked. "I can barely feel it between my fingers." Not for want of trying, thought Madrigal.… — Laini Taylor
His eyes were cold and brown — like coffee stains… — Markus Zusak
. . .nothing could eclipse the stain of his dirty, mortal mediocrity. — Madeline Miller
He Looked and smelt like Autumn's very brother, his face being sunburnt to wheat-colour, his eyes blue as corn-flowers, his sleeves and leggings dyed with… — Thomas Hardy
A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were clasped together, and… — Suzanne Collins
Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital... Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses… — Jodi Picoult
He was worried she would not let him love her with the stain. He had already decided long ago, twenty or thirty minutes ago, that… — Miranda July

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