Becoming Quote by Klaus Mann

“The black ice of that dark fortress received the sunlight like a mortal wound.”

— Salman Rushdie

A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.

— Anonymous

Youth is a mortal wound.

— Katherine Paterson

“Our wound is serious, but the Physician is all-powerful. Does it seem to you so small a mercy that, while you were living in…

— Saint Augustine of Hippo

To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of…

— Plutarch

Gradual and moderate warming brings benefits as well as incurring costs. These benefits and costs will not, of course, be felt uniformly throughout the…

— Nigel Lawson

I learned little save that most of the deeds, good and bad both, incurring opprobrium or plaudits or reward either, within the scope of…

— William Faulkner

As long as American democracy remains healthy, there will be reporters willing to pursue the truth, even if that means incurring the wrath of…

— Jonathan Karl

Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free…

— Alexander Hamilton

Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be…

— Herman Melville

I wanted people who wouldn't become too worried about casualties. One always should be concerned about casualties, but the risk of incurring casualties can't…

— Christopher Vokes

There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan