Quotes by Poison Unlawful pleasure, trenching on another's rights, is delusive and envenomed pleasureits hollowness disappoints at the time, its poison cruelly tortures afterwards, its effects deprave forever. Charlotte Bronte poison rights forever Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life. Charlotte Bronte dread poison missing I know that there is not in the world a more subtle poison than that which is extracted from and administered by books. Charlotte Dacre poison book world Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison. Chris Wooding poison once-upon-a-time names I just wanted them to die," said Poison. "They didn't have to make such a drama about it. Chris Wooding poison said drama When I go to the clinic next and sit with a tube in my arm and watch the poison go in, I'm in an attitude of abject passivity. It doesn't feel like fighting at all; it just feels like submitting. Christopher Hitchens fighting poison attitude Chemotherapy isn't good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, 'Well that is a good thing because it's supposed to be poison. If it's making the tumor feel this queasy, then I'm OK with it.' Christopher Hitchens poison feelings thinking To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have. Christopher Paolini poison evil might Anger is poison. You must purge it from your mind or else it will corrupt your better nature. Christopher Paolini anger poison mind The poison dart hidden in the raisin tart. Christopher Paolini tarts raisins poison Tout est poison, rien n'est poison, tout est une question de dose. Everything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, it is all a matter of dose. Claude Bernard drug poison matter There is today a frightful disappearance of living species, be they plants or animals. And it's clear that the density of human beings has become so great, if I can say so, that they have begun to poison themselves. And the world in which I am finishing my existence is no longer a world that I like. Claude Levi-Strauss finishing poison animal She takes another long haul, lets the smoke settle in her lungs-- she has heard somewhere that cigarettes are good for grief. One long drag and you forget how to cry. The body too busy dealing with the poison. Colum McCann poison grief long An angry person is always full of poison. Confucius angry poison persons Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons. Criss Jami psychology poison men Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. Cyril Connolly atheism poison christian Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't. D. H. Lawrence poison havens Next time you wish to feed me poison, warn me first," Loor demanded. (The Merchant of Death) D. J. MacHale next poison wish Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known. Dag Hammarskjold defense poison self The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system. Dale Carnegie kickers poison kings «1234567891011»