Tortured Quotes

268 Tortured quotes by 234 unique authors

I believe that to knowingly commit actions that cause or condone suffering is reprehensible in the extreme. I call upon you to be compassionate and… — Unknown Author
I have been tortured with longing to believe ... and the yearning grows stronger the more cogent the intellectual difficulties stand in the way. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does. I have been made terribly aware of how everything can be wrenched away… — Audrey Hepburn
I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it. — Spike Jonze
When questioned whether the Blessed will not be saddened by seeing their nearest and dearest tortured answers, "Not in the least." — Martin Luther
It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than… — Richard Dawkins
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries… — Bertrand Russell
I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth. Later it became clear to me… — Hari Kunzru
Just last night everything had seemed perfect. Well, not perfect. The world was still being tortured with Fey and Lost Souls, but, between Alex and… — Jessica Sorensen
My forays into trying to date girls my own age from the school I went to were all pretty tortured. — Jackson Browne
People tell me they idolise me, want to be like me, but I tell them, 'trust me, you don't want my life.' I've been a… — Phil Spector
I admired my father very much... at the age of sixteen. But now I see that he was a brutal and cruel man, - but… — Delmore Schwartz
The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees by the dark lake burned… — Mervyn Peake
Everyone is tortured. Do you know anyone who isn't? — Patty Griffin
The source of most human violence and suffering has been a hidden children's holocaust throughout history, whereby billions of innocent human beings have been routinely… — Lloyd deMause
I was tortured, and probably half of it was deserved, but I was bulliedâ€”so much so that there were days when I was like, 'I… — Chelsea Handler
Helpless, tortured, shot, blown up, my best buddies all dead, and all because we were afraid of the liberals back home, afraid to do what… — Marcus Luttrell
My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams.… — Elizabeth Kim
The Hulk, a being of pure tortured id, bipolar mania unbound, sprung from the subconscious of a repressed, scientist with a dark childhood. — Max Landis
When I started, I wanted to be thought of as tortured and seductive, not funny, but humor tends to be a reflexive part of a… — Mark Leyner

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