Pride Quote by Jean Thompson

“There were things that could not be contemplated, he realized. There were potential truths too costly to bear. It wasn’t until after the body…

— Hugh Howey

“For every tear that rolled down Conner's face there were a dozen he fought back.”

— Chris Colfer

“I could never understand how he always seemed so sure of himself. But now I did. It was because Connor really did know what…

— Siobhan Vivian

“Pride was an illusion, an artifice that could be set aside when circumstances warranted.”

— Alec Hutson

“There had been an attempt to humiliate him. It had not succeeded. He had paid, but pain, like pleasure, has no duration. Pride was…

— Jack Vance

“Do not unsettle him too much. Men often place pride before reason.”

— Anonymous

“Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“It always came down to his freaking pride.”

— Cari Quinn

“It had been easier to present a self in full possession of pride and confidence.”

— Colm Tóibín

“A person probably couldn't live without pride. But living by pride, alone the prospects were too dark. Way too dark.”

— Haruki Murakami

“For Cormac, every touch was shadowed by regret and anger and desperation, although he tried not to show it. Sean was being so clear,…

— Heidi Belleau

“Because the fact of not being understood by other people had become my only real source of pride, I was never confronted by any…

— Yukio Mishima