Harsh Quotes - Page 8

• I am quite content to go down to posterity as a scissors and paste man for that seems to me a harsh but not unjust description

  James Joyce

  Men, Unjust, Description

  James Joyce (1966). “Letters”

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• He was a romantic in his own harsh way…yet he was also realist enough to know that some times love actually did conquer all.

  Stephen King

  Love Actually, Way, Realist

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three”, p.340, Simon and Schuster

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• ...she knew in her heart that nature has a preference for a particular order: parents die, then children die. But it was a harsh design, offering little relief from pain, for being in accord with it means that the fortunate find themselves orphaned.

  Charles Frazier

  Children, Pain, Heart

  Charles Frazier (2007). “Cold Mountain: A Novel”, p.39, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• My parents are going to kill me!" "That seems rather harsh.

  Garth Nix

  Parent, Paranoia, Kill Me

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• A tale is told of twin boys born to different mothers. One is dark by nature, the other light. One is rich, the other poor. One is harsh, the other gentle. One is forever youthful, the other old before his time. One is mortal. They share no bond of blood or sympathy, but they are twins nonetheless. They each live without ever knowing that they are brothers. They each die fighting the blind god.

  Matthew Woodring Stover

  Mother, Brother, Fighting

  Matthew Woodring Stover (2008). “Blade of Tyshalle”, p.1046, Del Rey

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• The house became full of love. Aureliano expressed it in poetry that had no beginning and no end. He would write it on the harsh pieces of parchment that Melquiades gave him, on the bathroom walls, on the skin of his arms, and in all of it Remedios would appear transfigured: Remedios in the soporific air of two in the afternoon, Remedios in the soft breath of the roses, Remedios in the water-clock secrets of the moths, Remedios in the steaming morning bread, Remedios everywhere and Remedios forever.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Morning, Wall, Writing

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• Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart

  Norman Mailer

  Heart, Dungeons, Harsh Words

  Norman Mailer (2013). “The Gospel According to the Son: A Novel”, p.114, Random House

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• The moon rose, an opalescent goddess tipping light from her harsh maternal scimitar.

  Gregory Maguire

  Moon, Light, Rose

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• Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.

  H. G. Wells

  Nature, Children, Animal

  H.G. Wells (2009). “The Island of Doctor Moreau”, p.238, Broadview Press

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• I try not to read blogs. The comments are extremely harsh.

  Jessica Simpson

  Trying, Comment, Blogs

  "Jessica in Love!". Interview with Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. April 29, 2008.

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• I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Challenging The Status Quo, Challenging Status Quo, Critics

  "The (Real) Governator". Interview With Lisa Depaulo, www.gq.com. December 14, 2011.

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• You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.

  Voltaire

  World, Disillusionment

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• On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.

  Tahir Shah

  Travel, Space, Doe

  Tahir Shah (2013). “House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition”, p.261, Lulu.com

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• These two beings, who had loved each other so exclusively, and with so touching a love, and who had lived so long for each other, were now suffering beside one another and through one another; without speaking of it, without harsh feeling, and smiling all the while.

  Victor Hugo

  Two, Long, Touching

  Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). “Les misérables”, Dutton Adult

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• Jason, stop this,” she pleaded. “You don’t want to kiss me. You don’t even like me more than a little when you aren’t foxed” A harsh laugh escaped him. “I like you too damned much!” he whispered bitterly, then pulled her head down and captured her lips in a demaning, scalding kiss that took everything and give nothing in return.

  Judith McNaught

  I Like You, Kissing, Giving

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• Most people, I've noticed, are instinctively harsh to strangers. They expect every approach to be an attack, every question to be an interruption.

  David Levithan

  People, Stranger, Approach

  David Levithan (2012). “Every Day”, p.54, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Additionally, Liesl and Po is the embodiment of what writing has always been for me at its purest and most basic--not a paycheck, certainly; not an idea, even; and not an escape. Actually, it is the opposite of an escape; it is a way back in, a way to enter and make sense of a world that occasionally seems harsh and terrible and mystifying. (From the "Author's Note" at the end).

  Lauren Oliver

  Writing, Opposites, Ideas

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• Disney World?” Ari felt like his head was about to explode. “Disney World?” His gravelly voice rose into a harsh shriek. “They’re not on vacation! They’re on the run! They’re running for their lives! Death is following them like a bullet, and they’re on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad?

  James Patterson

  Running, Vacation, Voice

  James Patterson (2006). “School's Out--Forever: A Maximum Ride Novel”, p.112, Hachette UK

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• The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language.

  Ernest Cline

  Force Fields, Nukes, Rockets

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• Frankly, you need to get over yourself. It might sound harsh, but that's seriously what it means [1 Corinthians 10:31].

  Francis Chan

  Mean, Might, Sound

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• Vlad made a sound too harsh to be a growl. "You won't be satisfied until you've brought me to my knees, is that it?" "Why not?" It shot out of me with all the recklessness of my still-broken heart. "You brought me to mine.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Heart, Broken, Sound

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• The Republican party is the party of nostalgia. It seeks to return America to a simpler, more innocent and moral past that never actually existed. The Democrats are utopians. They seek to create an America so fair and non-judgmental that life becomes an unbearable series of apologies. Together, the two parties function like giant down comforters, allowing a candidate to disappear into the enveloping softness, protecting them from exposure to the harsh weather of independent thought.

  Jon Stewart

  Party, Independent, Apology

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• You ever taunt me with Tasha again," she said in a harsh whisper when they broke the kiss to gasp for air, "and I will geld you." Raphael winced. "That would take at least a day to repair. Are you sure you want to lose my....attributes for that long?

  Nalini Singh

  Kissing, Air, Long

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• The truth is harsh." Anubis said. "Spirits come to the Hall of Judgement all the time, and they cannot let go of their lies. They deny their faults, their true feelings, their mistakes.......right up until Ammit devours their souls for eternity. It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

  Rick Riordan

  Letting Go, Mistake, Lying

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• A dog — a dog teaches us so much about love. Wordless, imperfect love; love that is constant, love that is simple goodness, love that forgives not only bad singing and embarrassments, but misunderstandings and harsh words. Love that sits and stays and stays and stays, until it finally becomes its own forever. Love, stronger than death. A dog is a four-legged reminder that love comes and time passes and then your heart breaks.

  Deb Caletti

  Dog, Heart, Simple

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