Sting Quotes

208 Sting quotes by 172 unique authors

I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. And… — Amy Tan
Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting the tongue, some… — Annie Proulx
What are you thinking?" he asks. I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undone by the sight of tears -… — Lisa Kleypas
Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting to sting something. — Laurie Halse Anderson
I was certain t find the familiar sting of salt, but what I needed to know was what kind: kitchen, sweat, tears or the sea. — Monique Truong
If I be waspish, best beware my sting. — William Shakespeare
Adieu, Lord Dain,” she answered without turning her head. “Have a pleasant evening with your cows.” Cows? She was merely trying to provoke him, Dain… — Loretta Chase
Then he said in his most excellent Mick impression, "Your powers are useless against Ninja Lords, O great zombie hunter! Surrender or feel the sting… — Alan Goldsher
September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.--from the poem Angel of Remembrance:… — Aberjhani
Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire," Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years… — Cassandra Clare
My thoughts took frantic flight, wanting to escape this prison, and seek out the wind so it could fan my hair and sting my skin,… — Virginia C. Andrews
Such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them. "If one were to sting me," He thought "I should swell up as big as I… — J.R.R. Tolkien
He pulled her into a tight embrace. There was the sting of tears on her cheeks, but they weren't hers. He kissed the top of… — Jana Oliver
The fire you rubbed left its brand on the most vulnerable, most vicious and tender point of my body. Now I have to pay for… — Vladimir Nabokov
O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time... — William S. Burroughs
The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are… — Fernando Pessoa
Instead, I cut him. Not deep, but there was enough of a sting in the wound to remind him of what I'd done to the… — Jennifer Estep
Sting told me if I love somebody I should set them free. I doubt Sting ever loved anyone with wings. If he did he might… — Erin Morgenstern
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see. — Muhammad Ali
The sheer splendor of the sight made my chest tighten and tears sting my eyes. All the darkness lately made it easy to forget the… — Jeaniene Frost
In moments Akiva was up in the ether, scarcely feeling the sting of ice crystals in the thin air. He let his glamour fall away,… — Laini Taylor
The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1… — Beth Moore
She'll sting you one day, Oh, ever so gently, so you hardly ever feel it. 'til you fall dead. — Jacob Grimm
Startled, he loosed his grasp and she pulled free. He clutched her arm, but she spun around and pressed her mouth to his. His lips… — Holly Black
I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new lungs. Everyone should… — Lauren DeStefano

Who Wrote These Sting Quotes

172 authors contributed a total of 208 Sting Quotes, led by these top contributors: