Quotes by Crush The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation. Giacomo Leopardi crush life-and-death futility-of-life I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone. Gillian Flynn crush realizing thinking There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles, from the desperate to the sheepish; but there is one order of beauty which seems made to turn the heads not only of men, but of all intelligent mammals, even of women. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle and to engage in conscious mischief — a beauty with which you can never be angry, but that you feel ready to crush for inability to comprehend the state of mind into which it throws you. George Eliot crush beauty baby I think it's better if blokes can admit that they can have crushes on other blokes. I've probably had crushes but never really sexual crushes on men. Graham Coxon crush men thinking I like to go to England, and I'll tell you why. I like to go to a country where I am considered the best-looking person. It's as simple as that. Hollywood, kind of a crushing ego blow - 'Hey Buddy Holly, you are so old, have you not perished in a plane crash?' But not in England, good God, not there. In England, God bless that dinky island, there it's, 'Good God, look at him. He has all his teeth and his ears are in proportion to his head.' I'm Brad bloody Pitt on that island. Greg Proops crush blow country I feel vulnerable when my ego is threatened - if I get jealous of another band's good time slot at a big festival, if I'm about to get clobbered in a political debate, if I'm trying to impress someone I have a crush on. It's the opposite of openness, letting go, allowing deep feelings to express themselves. For me, that comes from playing music and from kissing. Greg Saunier crush jealous letting-go I still love you. And sometimes, my friend, the love that I have, and can't give to you, crushes the breath from my chest. Sometimes, even now, my heart is drowning in a sorrow that has no stars without you, and no laughter, and no sleep. Gregory David Roberts crush laughter stars I don't know what frightens me more, the power that crushes us, or our endless ability to endure it. Gregory David Roberts shantaram crush powerful I wrote a song at age five about algae on the pond by our house, then the next 'real' song was in fifth grade about an unrequited crush. Greta Salpeter crush real song From a literary standpoint, I've been loving Raymond Carver's short stories, William Carlos Williams' poems, Richard Siken's 'Crush', John Fante, and Jim Harrison's book of ghazals. I love film and photography too, so many of my songs are very image rich from those influences. Greta Salpeter crush photography song Torture continues to be practiced around the world by rogue regimes whose cruel methods match their determination to crush the human spirit. George W. Bush crush rogues determination Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black charcoal crushing white paper. Gunter Grass crush passion art If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not. Gilbert K. Chesterton crush understanding men I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes. Gwendolyn Brooks clay crush language The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it. H. G. Wells crush humility truth Dogma? Faith? These are the right and left pillars of every soul-crushing theology. Theosophists have no dogmas, exact no blind faith. H. P. Blavatsky crush soul religion Spiritualism is but a baby now, an unwelcome stranger, whom public opinion, like an unnatural foster mother, tries to crush out of existence. H. P. Blavatsky crush mother baby The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late H. Rider Haggard juggernaut crush fate God is with the broken-hearted. When your heart breaks, it’s a good thing – the breaking of the heart is what opens it up to the light of Allah. The dunya is designed to break your heart, to crush it. Hamza Yusuf broken-heart crush god All the same, my depression and self-hatred, my desire to mutilate myself with broken bottles, my numbness and crying fits, my inability to get out of bed for days and days, the feeling of the world moving in to crush me, went on and on. But I knew I wouldn't go mad, even if that release, that letting-go, was a freedom I desired. I was waiting for myself to heal. Hanif Kureishi crush letting-go depression «1112131415161718192021»
