Glowering Synonym Quotes & Sayings

Fear of this order is not an emotion. It is like a virus overwhelming every cell of his body, while his mind struggles to remain clear. — Helen Dunmore

Cold, still, lookin a little uncomfortable in death as if they weren't quite used to it yet. — Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio

We watch the chef slice eel and octopus, delicate operations of dismemberment and amputation. For some reason it makes me think of poetry. — Jessica Martinez

In our culture we tend to equate thinking and intellectual powers with success and achievement. In many ways, however, it is an emotional quality that separates those who master a field from the many who simply work at a job. Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers. Feeling motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything. Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive. — Robert Greene

The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life. — Jonathan Franzen

I have come to understand that the self, my self, is inherently sacred. By virtue of its own improbability, its own miracle, its own emergence ... And so I lift up my head, and I bear my own witness, with affection and tenderness and respect. And in so doing, I sanctify myself with my own grace. — Ursula Goodenough

Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it. — Margaret Atwood

In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character. — Andrew Coyle Bradley