Alienage Quotes & Sayings

Horror and the unknown or the strange are always closely connected so that it is hard to create a convincing picture of shattered natural law or cosmic alienage or 'outsideness' without laying stress on the emotion of fear. — H.P. Lovecraft

I know that light is not for me, save that of the moon over the rock tombs of Neb, nor any gaiety save the unnamed feasts of Nitokris beneath the Great Pyramid; yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. — H.P. Lovecraft

Hair away from her face, as though one hand could not possibly tame all that hair. "How nice to meet you," she said to Ifemelu, smiling, as they shook hands, her hand small, — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I only know in general that the people we are going to see are very atrabilious. — Voltaire

You can succeed and get what you want. You must want it and believe it with all the profusion of your heart and act with energy towards its realization — Melki Rish

That's really admirable that you like to stay active, look after your health so well," I added, the bullshit so thick it was a wonder I could lift my greasy piece of fried chicken to my mouth. — Laurel Ulen Curtis

It is contrary to reason and experience to suppose that there can be any real check to brutality, consistent with leaving the victim still in the power of the executioner. — John Stuart Mill

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing. — Theodore Roosevelt

To survive you must find yourself then it won't matter where you are. — Laurence Gonzales

We just wanna be the happy bums that we are. That's all. — Mike Patton

The scene taking place illustrates an immemorial error of men: having appropriated the role of seducers, they never even consider any women but the ones they might desire; the idea doesn't occur to them that a woman who is ugly or odd, or who simply stands outside their own erotic imaginings, might want to possess them. — Milan Kundera