Torn Quotes

522 quotes by 435 authors

There's in my mind a... turbulent moon-ridden girl or old woman, or both, dressed in opals and rags, feathers and torn taffeta, who knows strange… — Denise Levertov
Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
That's so her. You know, torn between Big Ideas and a party. She's always been that way. — Claire Messud
Reason flows from the blending of rational thought and feeling. If the two functions are torn apart, thinking deteriorates into schizoid intellectual activity and feeling… — Erich Fromm
The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn from their sentences. — Markus Zusak
So here I am, my affections torn between a postal service that never feeds me but can tackle a challenge and one that gives me… — Bill Bryson
All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated… — John Donne
Amanda took the torn page from Maniac. To her, it was the broken wing of a bird, a pet out in the rain. — Jerry Spinelli
Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And… — Langston Hughes
I know what itâ€™s like to be torn between a love so pure it burns you deep down in a place you didnâ€™t know someone… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It is to be broken. It is to be torn open. It is not to be reached and come to rest in ever. I turn… — Wendell Berry
Count yourself lucky. I watched my entire family as they were eaten alive by the very pack of animals you have downstairs in your house… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap and ripping it from the bag. For… — Suzanne Collins
Under the ground seep the toxins of the population that lives above. If you have to, you will eat roots and earthworms. It is always… — Francesca Lia Block
I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our involvement… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fireheart tensed, waiting for whatever had hunted down these apprentices to emerge from the trees and attack, but nothing stirred. Feeling as if his legs… — Erin Hunter
[Fireheart] was interrupted by a screech from Cloudtail. "Fireheart! Fireheart, Brightpaw isn't dead!" Fireheart spun around and raced across the clearing to crouch beside Brightpaw.… — Erin Hunter
Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel! — J.R.R. Tolkien
I am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me. — David Levithan
Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old… — Susanna Clarke

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