Quotes by Morbid I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society. Alan Paton morbid preoccupation found The most serious disorders may be provoked by the injection of living organisms into the blood, into a medium not intended for them, may provoke redoubtable manifestations of the gravest morbid phenomena. Antoine Bechamp morbid serious may It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it. Aoife O'Donovan morbid writing thinking The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. Christian Nestell Bovee morbid cures self I warn you, Eragon, beware of whom you fall in love with, for fate seems to have a morbid interest in our family. Christopher Paolini morbid fate falling-in-love Peace ... is a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy. Cyril Connolly morbid war peace I'm possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot. Daniel Radcliffe morbid persons thinking Is it just me or does the fact that you live in the same building you were abducted into seem a bit morbid?" "Pffft. It’s just you," I said, discounting the entire bizarre ghoulish thing. Darynda Jones morbid doe facts I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs. Diane Abbott morbid christmas dog No horse named Morbid ever won a race. Ernest Hemingway morbid horse race One is not converted to christianity; one must be morbid enough for it. Friedrich Nietzsche morbid atheism christianity To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy. Hector Berlioz vehemence morbid melancholy Death is present every day in our lives. It's not that I take pleasure in the morbid fascination of it, but it is a fact of life. Jose Saramago morbid fascination facts I am death-fearing. I don't think I'm morbid. That seems to me a fear of death that goes beyond the rational. Whereas it seems to me to be entirely rational to fear death! Julian Barnes morbid fear-of-death thinking What passes for news is just morbid speculation or cartoonish screaming, followed by diaper commercials. Karen Russell diapers morbid news It's still hard for me to understand, what is to me, the morbid fascination with celebrity. I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do. I understand, you know, the interest but I really don't understand the fascination with it. Marc Anthony morbid fascination want The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth. Marilyn Manson todays-youth morbid world When Cromwell instructed his portraitist to paint him 'warts and all', he meant both halves of that equation. To teach the warts alone is morbid and unhealthy. Mark Steyn morbid half history Touch-me-notism that disfigures the present day Hinduism is a morbid growth. Mahatma Gandhi hinduism morbid growth In my own writing, I've mostly abandoned end-rhyme, but wordplay is still a huge part of my process. I've written a series of mermaid poems in the last few years. The first one was called "The Straightforward Mermaid" which arose from my delight in that word combination. After that, I decided that future mermaid poems would have to be words ending in "d" or "t," which led to "The Deadbeat Mermaid," "The Morbid Mermaid" and so forth . . . Matthea Harvey mermaid morbid writing 12»
