Direness Quotes & Sayings

IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere. — Edward Carpenter

There is a direness in the construction of safety, in the telling of theretofore untold stories. — Carrie Brownstein

Amnesia was a soldier's best friend, and luckily, it could be taught. Missing limbs still ache, but missing memories never do. — Alex London

I have almost forgotten the taste of fears: The time has been, my senses would have cool'd to hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir as life were in't: I have supt full with horrors; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, cannot once start me. — William Shakespeare

If you are inclined to leave your character solitary for any considerable length of time, better question yourself. Fiction is association, not withdrawal. — Alfred Bertram Guthrie

Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away. — Robert Browning

Tonight she's still wearing the gold ring, and you're not the one who gave it to her. Tonight she gave her soul again, but not to you. — Gaston Leroux

It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone. — Ferdinand De Saussure

The Darkling just stared out into the waves. I considered shoving him over the railing. Sure, he was hundreds of years old, but could he swim? — Leigh Bardugo