Wild Quotes

2102 Wild quotes by 1380 unique authors

Never love a wild thing, Mr. Bell,’ Holly advised him. ‘That was Doc’s mistake. He was always lugging home wild things. A hawk with a… — Truman Capote
Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is true… — Alfie Kohn
You should be careful, tossing descriptors like that around in a situation like this. My ‘problem’ isn’t little. Unless you’re drawing some pretty wild comparisons.… — Rachel Vincent
She had wandered, without rule or guidance, into a moral wilderness... Her intellect and heart had their home, as it were, in desert places, where… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lucy said, 'We're so afraid of being sent away, Aslan. And you have sent us back into our own world so often.' 'No fear of… — C.S. Lewis
War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village, stick… — Thomas Carlyle
The scent of the sea, a wild turbulent storm, crashing into her mind. Elena, why is Dmitri naked? — Nalini Singh
Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were… — Patrick Ness
The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion… — Jack Weatherford
Beckendorf, whose legs were now working fine (nothing like being chased by a huge monster to get your body back in order) shook his head… — Rick Riordan
Travis: The Aphrodite kids were ripping each other’s clothes and throwing lipstick and jewellery. It was like a rabid herd of wild Bratz. — Rick Riordan
. . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives,… — Maurice Sendak
I don't really want more time; I just want enough time. Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time to laugh long,… — Ann Voskamp
Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal. — Cassandra Clare
And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody,… — Laini Taylor
Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect. — Patrick Ness
With his back to us, Sean tugs the halter from the mare's head. She kicks out, but he steps out of the way as if… — Maggie Stiefvater
He pulled himself out of hard times, dealt with the scars from it, pushed himself to make a mark. A little bit of the wild… — Nora Roberts
But who knows what she spoke to the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night, when all her life seemed shrinking, and the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go. The giant… — Emily Bronte
I split the omelet between the plates and stopped when Curran's arms closed about me. He pulled me against him, pressing my back against his… — Ilona Andrews
Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness; if your dear heart… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Whoa, Rebecca," Talia said smiling even wider, "Walking on the wild side, are we?" Raisa seemed to think the situation needed more explaining. "He -… — Cinda Williams Chima
Sometimes it’s all you can do,” he murmured. “Fight back; run wild, until you get it all out.” “Sometimes there is nothing to fight and… — Nora Roberts
I admired the English immensely for all that they had endured, and they were certainly honorable, and stopped their cars for pedestrians, and called you… — Julia Child

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