An Unsuitable Man Quotes & Sayings

Ikenna, I have come to realize, is a man who carries with him the weight of what could have been. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Of course, the Grimnoir thought they were the good guys. Everybody thought they were in the right. The evilest bastards he had ever met had still thought of themselves as the good guys. It was just his dumb luck to blunder into a bunch of true believers. Sullivan closed his eyes and went back to sleep. — Anonymous

My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly. Like The Marine, I suddenly understood. Mom and I weren't trespassing. This house was ours. This view was ours. And that seemed as absurd and unreal as the stories Sailor Hat had spun for me on the ferry. — Aimee Friedman

I firmly believe that intuitive or symbolic sight is not a gift but a skill -
a skill based in self-esteem. — Caroline Myss

You are a wise man, Major, and I will consider your advice with great care - and humility." He finished his tea and rose from the table to go to his room. "But I must ask you, do you really understand what it means to be in love with an unsuitable woman?"
"My dear boy," said the Major. "Is there really any other kind? — Helen Simonson

Any appellative at all savouring of arbitrary rank is unsuitable to a man of liberal and catholic mind. — Herman Melville

Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive. Dracula needs blood. — Frank Langella

Her thoughts were in turmoil. He was telling her to be careful? But it was too late. She had just met her dear-departed mother's worst nightmare - an unsuitable man. — Dinah McCall

It was as if he grew his hair long and smoked cigarettes because he liked to, not because he liked being seen to. This was dangerously subversive. — Stephen Fry

Economics was like psychology, a pseudoscience trying to hide that fact with intense theoretical hyperelaboration. And gross domestic product was one of those unfortunate measurement concepts, like inches or the British thermal unit, that ought to have been retired long before. — Kim Stanley Robinson

But vilifying those we love always detaches us from them a little. We should not touch our idols: their gilding will remain on our hands. — Gustave Flaubert

Laura was flint in a nest of thistledown.
I say flint, not stone: a flint has a heart of fire. — Margaret Atwood

I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period. — Carlisle Floyd

Because when we give too many fucks, when we choose to give a fuck about everything, then we feel as though we are perpetually entitled to feel comfortable and happy at all times, that's when life fucks us. — Mark Manson

You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good. — Gail Collins