Subtlety Quotes

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He took pains to avoid self-depreciation, self-mockery, ambiguity, irony, subtlety, vulnerability, a civilized world-weariness and a tragic sense of history--the very things, he says, that… — Don DeLillo
Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other… — Robert A. Heinlein
Every Valentine's Day, the student council sponsered a holiday fundraiser by selling roses that would be delievered in class. The roses came in four colors:white,… — Melissa de la Cruz
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- - This debt we pay to human guile; With… — Paul Laurence Dunbar
Pastries . . . can only be appreciated to the full extent of their subtlety when they are not eaten to assuage our hunger, when… — Muriel Barbery
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He doesn't… — Steve Martin
She says that what you did was a cry for help." "It was," I say. "That's why I was yelling 'Heeeelp!' I don't really go… — Holly Black
He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only stand a certain… — Gustave Flaubert
Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose. — Carol Shields
Such physical matters were nice, yet, to him, intelligence and passion born of living, the ability to move and be moved by subtleties of the… — Robert James Waller
I generally find subtlety a waste of time. — Cindy Gerard
The deceitfulness of the heart of man appears in no one thing so much as this of spiritual pride and self-righteousness. The subtlety of Satan… — Jonathan Edwards
I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours. — Oscar Wilde
I must know, he thinks. It must be clear to me. There is a world which is closed to him, a world of shadings, gradations,… — Anais Nin
When you read a great book, you donâ€™t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape â€“ into different… — Julian Barnes
Introducing someone as a "Negro poet with a University degree" or again, quite simply, the expression, "a great black poet." These ready-made phrases, which seem… — Frantz Fanon
You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties." "Yeah. Like I've always wanted to destroy the Nine Worlds while… — Joanne Harris
Surely education has no meaning unless it helps you understand the vast experience of life with all its subtleties, with its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
That girl had the subtlety of a Spencerâ€™s Gifts shop. — Rainbow Rowell
In a way, you are poetry material; You are full of cloudy subtleties I am willing to spend a lifetime figuring out. Words burst in… — Franz Kafka

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