Violent Quotes

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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent. — Robert Jordan
I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new lungs. Everyone should… — Lauren DeStefano
Where hunters and woodcutters once slept in their boots by the dying light of their thousand fires and went on, old teutonic forebears with eyes… — Cormac McCarthy
Love is quite violent. It is so painful at times, so devastating. And there is nothing worse or better. We find the highs and lows… — Danielle Steel
When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable. — W. Somerset Maugham
There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age that the honorable… — Noam Chomsky
And silence. She liked the silence most of all. The silence in which the body, senses, the instincts, are more alert, more powerful, more sensitized,… — Anais Nin
Science has revealed a universe that is vast, ancient, violent, strange, and beautiful, a universe of almost infinite variety and possibility one in which time… — Leonard Mlodinow
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities,… — Charlie Chaplin
A small girl became increasingly paralysed by her parents' frequently violent rows. Sometimes she would spend hours standing completely still in the toilet, simply because… — Sarah Kane
Coach Hedge grumbled as he tended their wounds. â€œHow come I never get invited on these violent trips? — Rick Riordan
But what if it were you? What if you were stuffed in a human body and let loose on this planet only to find yourself… — Stephenie Meyer
The wish to be understood may be our most vengeful demand, may be the way we hang on, as asults, to our grudge against our… — Adam Phillips
He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday. — S E Hinton
The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listenerâ€” a listener who… — Dale Carnegie
Peter swept aside Yogi Tea and Harmony Herbal Blend, though he hesitated a second over the chamomile. .... But no. Violent death demanded Earl Grey. — Louise Penny
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to… — Alexander Hamilton
...The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with… — Charlie Chaplin
Willem tsk-tsks. "You Americans are so violent. I'm Dutch. The worst I will do is run her over with a bicycle. — Gayle Forman
You want to be a good person, don't you, Pat?' I nod. I cry. I do want to be a good person, I really do.… — Matthew Quick

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