Stains Quotes

224 Stains quotes by 190 unique authors

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 branchâ€”they fall with the first thaw like ripe fruitâ€”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 â€” like coffee stainsâ€¦ — 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
I bear a deep red stain that runs from my left shoulder down to my right hip, a trail left by the herbwitch's poison that… — R.L. LaFevers
If this were the fifties, sheâ€™d be checking Samâ€™s collars for lipstick stains. (Did people do that anymore? Why did women kiss collars, anyway? Besides,… — Charlaine Harris
All my laurels you have riven away, and my roses; yet in spite of you, there is one crown I bear away with me... One… — Edmond Rostand
Everything about her was warm and soft and scented; even the stains of her grief became her as raindrops do the beaten rose. — Edith Wharton
He can't fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train, the only talent he seems to have is leaving a nasty stain! — Tim Burton

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