Stung Quotes
50 quotes by 42 authors
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I used to have 30 different species of tarantulas, as well as two Australian scorpions that are considered the deadliest in the world. If stung…
— Jonathan Davis
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors…
— Billy Joel
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
— Joseph Joubert
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A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of…
— Alexander Pope
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When the short days of winter came, dusk fell before we had well eaten our dinners. When we met in the street the houses had…
— James Joyce
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After you get stung, you can't get unstung no matter how much you whine about it.
— Sue Monk Kidd
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What she really loved was to hang over the edge and watch the bow of the ship slice through the waves. She loved it especially…
— Kristin Cashore
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I stood willingly and gladly in the characters of everything - other people, trees, clouds. And this is what I learned, that the world's otherness…
— Mary Oliver
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Levin scowled. The humiliation of his rejection stung him to the heart, as though it were a fresh wound he had only just received. But…
— Leo Tolstoy
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Did you see me disarm Hermione, Harry?" "Only once" said Hermione stung. "I got you loads more then you got me—" "I did not only…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Hugo attacked me." Clary tried not to wince as the astringent liquid stung her wounds. Hugo?" Luke blinked. Hodge's bird. I think it was his…
— Cassandra Clare
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All my life they had made choices for me, and I had resented it. Now the choice was mine, and once it was made, I…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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All the same, Thomas now had a plan. As bad as it was, he had a plan. They needed more clues about the code. They…
— James Dashner
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Raynor slapped her so hard her teeth rattled and eyes stung, but she refused to react except to say saucily, "You must have heard how…
— Larissa Ione
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On the way out to the car, Philip turns to me. “How could you be so stupid? I shrug, stung in spite of myself. “I…
— Holly Black
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I'll just be your brother from now on." he said, looking at her with a hopeful expectation that she would be pleased, which made her…
— Cassandra Clare
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We do not look for reason for logic in the passionate entreaties of those who are sick unto death; we are stung with the recollection…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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His words were still clear in her mind from that first meeting. "Whoever eats this will love you." She looked into the mirror, at her…
— Holly Black
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Tears stung her eyes. She sank her knees next to the sleeping bench and gently raked strands of golden hair from him forehead. "Don't you…
— Cinda Williams Chima
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My cheek stung and throbbed. I remained on the floor of the cave. Belen stood between me and Kerrick. "...temper in check. She's a sweet…
— Maria V. Snyder
Who Wrote These Stung Quotes
42 authors contributed a total of 50 Stung Quotes, led by these top contributors: