Displeasure Quote by James Joyce

“Evil thoughts come free”

— George R.R. Martin

“It was quite unlike their friendly discourse of some days before, and presently Stephen grew sadly bored: lies or half-lies, he reflected, had a…

— Patrick O'Brian

“Stephen watched the three glasses being raised from the counter as his father and his two cronies drank to the memory of their past.…

— James Joyce

Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer.

— Patrick O'Brian

“He felt that his mind had become a battle-ground for the forces of good and evil and that his task was to strain every…

— Lawrence Durrell

Free thought means fearless thought. It is not deterred by legal penalties, nor by spiritual consequences. Dissent from the Bible does not alarm the…

— George Holyoake

“He of all people knew how negative thinking could sabotage things.”

— Tracy March

“There are no evil thoughts, Mr. Rearden," Francisco said softly, "except one: the refusal to think.”

— Ayn Rand

“In former days," said Golenishtchev, not observing, or not willing to observe, that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, "in former days the…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Evil imaginations causes harm to others. Such things do not dwell in the mind of a righteous person.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

“Freedoers are at disadvantage compared with freethinkers because people suffer more obviously from the consequences of deeds than from those of thoughts.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Much to his annoyance, a thought popped into his mind. It was very clear and very distinct, and he had now come to recognize…

— Douglas Adams