Detraction Synonym Quotes & Sayings

My hopes and dreams, so tattered and tender, had been sheltered by secrecy for so long that I could not bear to bring them to light. — S. Jae-Jones

Been provoked into disrespect and impatience against her better — Jane Austen

When you get to mixing sex and religion, it will make anybody crazy. — Chester Himes

Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If virtue means putting others ahead of self, then it's clear that most people, let alone most capitalists, aren't very virtuous. — Alex Tabarrok

I slump in my chair, thinking how a narcotic party of one is no party at all. — Elle Lothlorien

The Ladybug wears no disguises.
She is just what she advertises.
A speckled spectacle of spring,
A fashion statement on the wing ...
A miniature orange kite.
A tiny dot-to-dot delight. — J. Patrick Lewis

The mayor informed General Petronio San Roman of the episode, down to the last literal phrase, in an alarming telegram. General San Roman must have followed his son's wishes to the letter, because he didn't come for him, but sent his wife with their daughters and two other older women who seemed to be her sisters. They came on a cargo boat, locked in mourning up to their necks because of Bayardo San Roman's misfortunes, and with their hair hanging loose in grief. Before stepping onto land, they took off their shoes and went barefoot through the streets up to the hilltop in the burning dust of noon, pulling out strands of hair by the roots and wailing loudly with such high-pitched shrieks that they seemed to be shouts of joy. I watched them pass from Magdalena Oliver's balcony, and I remember thinking that distress like theirs could only be put on in order to hide other, greater shames. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

My mother and I always had full adult communication. — Erin Gray

Portability should be the default. — Larry Wall

Now hoppin'-john was F. Jasmine's very favorite food. She had always warned them to wave a plate of rice and peas before her nose when she was in her coffin, to make certain there was no mistake; for if a breath of life was left in her, she would sit up and eat, but if she smelled the hopping-john, and did not stir, then they could just nail down the coffin and be certain she was truly dead. — Carson McCullers

To me, the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is, inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process. — Julia Leigh

The higher one's intelligence or education level, the less one is likely to be religious or hold "beliefs" of any kind. — Richard Dawkins

You must stop worrying about why things happen and wonder what they mean when they do. — Joy Williams

Bring it on, bring the pain on, I want to face it — Alexander Masters

We lie to protect our children, and in lying we expose them to the greatest of harms — John Connolly