Turmoil Quotes

178 Turmoil quotes by 162 unique authors

This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity, because it tries… — Paul Brunton
under his dripping hair, he was as white as parchment, his hands clenched at his sides so tightly that they were shaking. It seemed clear… — Cassandra Clare
It is in the turmoil of chaos that we discover what, if anything, we are. — Orson Scott Card
Friends--or lovers--are not always available to each other. Inner turmoils can cause us to be unhearing when someone needs us, to need to receive understanding… — Madeleine L'Engle
I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock… — Keith Richards
They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence. — Frank Herbert
But Mike was like a Bjork song-all happy and giddy and fun on the surface, but bubbling with turmoil and pain underneath. — Sara Shepard
I leave the world in terrible turmoil. I come back, same turmoil. Nothing at all different. Well, outfits are a little different... — Joss Whedon
Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life. To the extent that I had any inner turmoil, I had only myself to blame. I also… — Rob Lowe
We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment. — Lionel Shriver
There was nothing else to do but call upon the Creator, praying, begging, pleading, bargaining—anything to make him protect Xavier. I couldn’t have him ripped… — Alexandra Adornetto
You may die a hundred deaths without a break in the mental turmoil. Or, you may keep your body and die only in the mind.… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one… — Jim Butcher
Darling, my darling, don't think that I don't love you or that I didn't love you, but it's precisely because I love you that I… — Milan Kundera
The sea answers all questions, and always in the same way; for when you read in the papers the interminable discussions and the bickering and… — Elwyn Brooks White
Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside. — Rob Lowe
We live through myriads of seconds, yet it is always one, just one, that casts our entire inner world into turmoil, the second when (as… — Stefan Zweig
Imagine the first discovery that one of these epidemics was man-made—the panic, the violence that would ensue. That’s where the end would come. A typhoon… — Hugh Howey
Just for the record, the weather today is increasing turmoil with a possible physical and emotional breakdown. — Chuck Palahniuk
Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and… — Amelia Barr
Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being perhaps better in the quiet of old age and dwell… — George Santayana
I believe that the war against terrorism and the war against poverty in these times of turmoil go together. So you - when you fight… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
My father was second-generation Chinese-American, born in 1923 in California. My mother emigrated to the States from China when she was in her early twenties,… — Tess Gerritsen
In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them. — Nancy Gibbs

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