Crush Quotes - Page 27

• The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.

  Jan Peter Balkenende

  Loyalty, Memories, War

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• Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning it was not a Word, but a chirrup.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Time, Jesus, Birds Chirping

  D. H. Lawrence, Simonetta de Filippis (2002). “Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays”, p.36, Cambridge University Press

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• Don't be shy. Go for it and ask your crush out.

  Gabby Douglas

  Advice, Shy, Asks

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• The consciousness and life force do what they want...
  one minute they put energy to repairing the damaged wing of a butterfly
  and the next minute they send a whole town crushing with tremendous force...
  who can work it out?

  Mooji

  Butterfly, Wings, Energy

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• The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late

  H. Rider Haggard

  Fate, Juggernaut, Wheels

  H. Rider Haggard (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)”, p.1473, Delphi Classics

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• A little background: Annabeth used to adventure with Hermes's son Luke. Over time, Annabeth developed a crush on Luke. As Annabeth got older, Luke developed feelings for her, too. Luke turned evil. Hermes blamed Annabeth for not preventing Luke from turning evil. Annabeth blamed Hermes for being a rotten dad and giving Luke the capacity to become evil in the first place. Luke died in war. Hermes and Annabeth blamed each other. Confused? Welcome to my world.

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Confused, War

  "The Demigod Diaries". Book by Rick Riordan, August 14, 2012.

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• People have crushes on priests all the time, you know. It’s exciting to have to deal with God as a rival.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  People, Rivals, Priests

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2012). “Purple Hibiscus: A Novel”, p.220, Algonquin Books

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• When I saw you I fell in love. And you smiled because you knew.

  Arrigo Boito

  Love, Smile, Romantic

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• Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Sweet, Adversity, Smell

  Oliver Goldsmith (1849). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings : Stereotyped from the Paris Edition : Complete in One Volume”, p.221

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• It was like being at the bottom of an ocean, she said. There was no light and a whole ocean crushing down on you. But most people had gotten so used to it they thought it normal, they forgot even that there was a world above.

  Junot Diaz

  Ocean, Light, People

  Junot Diaz (2008). “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, p.81, Faber & Faber

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• She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard.

  Rick Riordan

  Summer, Years, Twelve

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• I'm tugging at my hair. I'm pulling at my clothes. I'm trying to keep my cool, I know it shows. I'm staring at my feet. My cheeks are turning red. I'm searching for the words inside my head. I'm feeling nervous trying to be perfect, 'cause I know you're worth it.

  Avril Lavigne

  Love, Hair, Feet

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• I am in the night. There is a being who has gone away and carried the heavens with her. Oh! to be laid side by side in the same tomb, hand clasped in hand, and from time to time, in the darkness, to caress a finger gently, that would suffice for my eternity.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Night, Hands

  Victor Hugo (1863). “Les misérables”

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• When I first saw you, I saw love. from You're Still The One

  Shania Twain

  Love, Saws, Firsts

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• I take it this is one of the ones crushing on you." "What? They all crush on me. I'm a hot college girl, remember?" I laughed and his eyes burned into mine. He leaned in close and whispered into my ear. "So hot. Now you've got me thinking what you looked like this morning, when i woke up with you in my arms, in my bed. Would it be too greedy to ask you to stay tonight, too?" "I was afraid you weren't going to ask.

  Tammara Webber

  Girl, Morning, Eye

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• I Cannot Exist Without You. I Am Forgetful Of Everything But Seeing You Again.

  John Keats

  Love, Without You, Forgetful

  John Keats (2009). “Selected Letters of John Keats: Revised Edition”, p.390, Harvard University Press

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• War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can be no peace that is not honorable; there can be no war that is not dishonorable.

  Charles Sumner

  War, Men, Justice

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• maybe god is a child ‘s hand)very carefully bring -ing to you and to me(and quite with out crushing)the papery weightless diminutive world with a hole in it out of which demons with wings would be streaming if something had(maybe they couldn’t agree)not happened(and floating- ly int o

  e. e. cummings

  Children, Hands, Wings

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• At that moment i felt lonelier than i'd ever felt before, and that loneliness seemed to squat in my lungs and crush all but my most minimal breathing. There was nothing left to say. Not about this. Not about anything.

  Mitch Albom

  Loneliness, Breathing, Moments

  Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.13, Hachette UK

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• How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another's heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and more crushing disappointments than we ourselves have known? Even if the world's rich and powerful were to put themselves in the shoes of the rest, how much would they really understand the wretched millions suffering around them? So it is when Orhan the novelist peers into the dark corners of his poet friend's difficult and painful life: How much can he really see?

  Orhan Pamuk

  Pain, Powerful, Disappointment

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “Snow”, p.266, Faber & Faber

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• Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Heart, Secret, Enough Time

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.457, Penguin

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• I wonder from these thousand of "me's", which one am I? Listen to my cry, do not drown my voice I am completely filled with the thought of you. Don't lay broken glass on my path I will crush it into dust. I am nothing, just a mirror in the palm of your hand, reflecting your kindness, your sadness, your anger. If you were a blade of grass or a tiny flower I will pitch my tent in your shadow. Only your presence revives my withered heart. You are the candle that lights the whole world and I am an empty vessel for your light. Rumi - "Hidden Music

  Rumi

  Kindness, Flower, Heart

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• Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?' 'None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Girl, May, Want

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell YA Collection”, p.77, St. Martin's Griffin

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• No more, no less. I'm an idiot. I really need to let this crush go.

  Pittacus Lore

  Needs, Idiot

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• War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Peace, War, Heart

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