Children Quote by Marcus Clarke

“There wasn’t a bit of innocence or purity in him. He was sinful and cynical. Unapologetic. He cared nothing for the world. He just…

— Joanna Chambers

“He felt people were never intentionally beastly or malicious, but they were pompous and foolish; awful decisions were made by men divorced from their…

— Glen David Gold

“She felt listless, tragic, and slightly murderous. She was irritable and prickly with exactly those people who were the kindest to her.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“She was so shattered about what kind of man he was -- brutal, tender, passionate. There was little doubt he had some mental disorder.”

— Margaret Way

“He wasn't here to satisfy my idle curiosities. And it held its own fascinations: a man who talked like an innocent and fucked like…

— Alexis Hall

“But it seemed to him that there should be a difference in his attitude. All the distress that he had ever known, the sorrow…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“But he knew what was wrong with him; he was ashamed of himself and afraid of them- afraid of the society whe so despised.”

— Ryünosuke Akutagawa

“But he was quite consciously afraid of society, which he knew by instinct to be a malevolent, partly insane beast.”

— D.H. Lawrence

“She turned to examine Dr. Breed, looking at him with helpless reproach. She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“It was a pity that with his great qualities, his unselfishness and honor, his intelligence and sensibility, he should be so unlovable.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true; but they were human.”

— William Golding

“There was something about total loyalty, uncritical devotion, endless patience, perpetual forgiveness and the general inability to believe that a loved one could ever…

— Joanne Harris