Quote by Sarah Manguso Download Open image ““Who seems a harmless fool to those above him is a malevolence to those beneath.”” — Sarah Manguso ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Malice is rare. Most men are much too concerned with themselves to be malicious.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Some people are shameless and mean, but above that, they are also the fool. Anyone knows why?” — Ehsan Sehgal Copy Share Image
“I have become a veritable scholar in seemingly innocent ploys to get his skin against mine.” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“He has that air, the patronizing one a lot of men have, as if she is a bit of a fool. Not a proper… — Cass Green Copy Share Image
“Be wary of his lies. The world is full of fools eagerly waiting to hear what they long to be told. A devious man… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
“He has that air, the patronizing one a lot of men have, as if she is a bit of a fool. Not a proper… — Cass Green Copy Share Image
“A man of power and responsibility nevertheless needs somebody to tell him when he is being a bloody fool.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He was poor and foolish and people will always have a place in their hearts for the harmless.” — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
“You speak evil of that which is fair beyond the reach of your thought, and only little wit can excuse you.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I like people who possess either deep mastery or deep empathy, but not as much as I like those who possess both. — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
The best thing about time passing is the privilege of running out of it, of watching the wave of mortality break over me and… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“The trouble with comparing yourself to others is that there are too many others. Using all others as your control group, all your worst… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“There will come a time when people decide you've had enough of your grief, and they'll try to take it away from you.” — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“It’s impossible to fail if one doesn’t know how the end should look. And it’s impossible to succeed. But it’s possible to enjoy.” — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“I tend to forget that my measurement of time is designed to distract me from what's really happening.” — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
My existence shrank from an arrow of light pointing into the future forever to a speck of light that was the present moment. I… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“ My friend Isabel says, When you’re writing even a short novel, with at least a couple of subplots, and God only knows how… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
The only thing I've consistently been interested in in the last twenty-five years is writing very short texts. That continues to interest me as… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“Like a vase, a heart breaks once. After that, it just yields to its flaws.” — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“Death will reveal what you otherwise would have finished. Also what you never would have finished. I found the notes for a book a… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
