Kindness Quote by Edith Wharton Download Open image ““He turned to me, full of a terrifying benevolence.”” — Edith Wharton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Kindness
“I remembered he terrified me. And there was reason. He was terrifying.” — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
“He was a predator - a big, scary, hot-looking predator. And I wanted to be his prey.” — Wulf Francú Godgluck Copy Share Image
“...his vacant eyes took on a more sinister look, taking notice of us for the first time, a stranger in our midst, a monster.” — Patricia Hamill Copy Share Image
“He just seemed menacing. Like he could slit your throat, then sit down, prop his feet on your corpse, and eat a sandwich.” — Dianne Duvall Copy Share Image
“I was terrified of him but at the same time wanted him to desire me. I wanted him to care for me and protect… — Lydia Kelly Copy Share Image
“Though I no longer liked him or respected him, the thought of his disapproval frightened me.” — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“A shiver ran down him spine. If this nightmare was remotely true,” — Mark Cheverton Copy Share Image
“...with those penetrating eyes: he was too lovely to be menacing, but too intense to be innocent.” — Priscilla Glenn Copy Share Image
“His pleasure at seeing me was so genuine, so unmistakable, that even I, with my inbred suspicions, lost all fear.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Suddenly the air was full of that deep clangor of bells which periodically covers Rome with a roof of silver.” — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile. And he felt himself… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“High Pasture Come up--come up: in the dim vale below The autumn mist muffles the fading trees, But on this keen hill-pasture, though the… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Two ways to be a light for all, is to be a flaming candle or the mirror that reflects it” — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“... no treasure-house of Atreus was ever as rich as a well-stored memory.” — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“...the endless labour of rolling human stupidity up the steep hill of understanding.” — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and social interests held together… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend! — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
With a shiver of foreboding he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, and my… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Grace is the wonderful spirit that imbues every fiber of our being when we practice the fruits of the spirit: kindness, patience, understanding, forgiveness,… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
The smartest people are the ones who can bring a little bit of heaven to earth by using there kindness. — IsiahNunn Copy Share Image
If you take all the food aid, America is by far the most generous country. If you take the direct aid, we're very generous.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
