Torment Quotes

361 Torment quotes by 286 unique authors

He felt all the torment of his and her position, all the difficulties they were surrounded by in consequence of their station in life, which… — Leo Tolstoy
He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that was forbidden to him. They… — John Ajvide Lindqvist
No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case… — Thomas Jefferson
Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The world is divided into those who understand me and those who don’t. In the case of the latter, I simply leave them to torment… — Paulo Coelho
The torment of love can transform people into wretched monsters — Mathias Malzieu
Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements. — John Milton
High School. Society’s bright idea to put all their aggressive, naive youth into one environment to torment and emotionally scar each other for life. — Chris Colfer
I have a scholar's love of silence and solitude. To sit and pass hour after hour in idle chatter with a roomful of strangers is… — Susanna Clarke
I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail; as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace… — J I Packer
He leaned up a little and watched her face. Her face would now be, forever, more mysterious and impenetrable than the face of any stranger.… — James A. Baldwin
Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born, Relieve my languish and restore the light; With dark forgetting of… — Samuel Daniel
Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements, these piercing fires As soft as now severe, our temper changed Into their temper. — John Milton
Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment. — William Blake
Or if the hypothesis were offered us of a world in which Messrs. Fourier's and Bellamy's and Morris's Utopias should all be outdone, and millions… — William James
The tango is the man and woman in search of each other. It is the search for an embrace, a way to be together, when… — Unknown Author
For arousing compassion, the nineteenth-century yogi Patrul Rinpoche suggested imagining beings in torment - an animal about to be slaughtered, a person awaiting execution. To… — Pema Chodron
Against Him those women sin who torment their skin with potions, stain their cheeks with rouge and extend the line of their eyes with black… — Tertullian
Some of the things I did in my early career were massive learning curves because I had no one to guide me. You learn very… — John Caudwell
When he says he loves me, it only means he loves me at that particular instant. Like his promises, which he never keeps. Why does… — Eva Braun
The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language. — John C. Hawkes
I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original. — Joseph Haydn
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss. — Dick Gregory
Many questions torment America in its dark night of the soul, questions more urgently pressing, and yet it must be asked: How did we get… — James Wolcott
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in… — Bible

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