Insensibility By Wilfred Quotes & Sayings

I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos. — Kenneth Branagh

As I crawled out of the abyss of combat and over the rail of the Sea Runner, I realized that compassion for the sufferings of others is a burden to those who have it. As Wilfred Owen's poem "Insensibility" puts it so well, those who feel most of others suffer most in war. — Eugene B. Sledge

Referring to Bogey's party: A lame excuse for all the idiots in our school to drink beer and rub up against each other in hopes of distracting themselves from the pathetic emptiness of their meaningless, consumer-driven lives. — David Levithan

What you cannot avoid, welcome. — Liam Roth

Don't be too engrossed with things of the world; discover your purpose in life — Sunday Adelaja

The insecticides kill the black flies, but also destroy much of the food chain for the bird, fish, and animal life which also inhabit those regions. The fish of the Great Lakes are laced with mercury from industrial plants, and fluoride from aluminum plants poisons the land and the people. Sewage from the population centers is mixed with PCBs and PBS in the watershed of the great lakes and the Finger Lakes, and the water is virtually nowhere safe for any living creatures. — Winona LaDuke

As well have a talon as a finger, a muzzle as a mouth,
as well have a hollow as a heart. — Robert Hayden

Sometimes we're only born to die, my dear. But if that is what you're destined for - to die - then embrace it and don't be afraid when it comes — K. Weikel

My apple trees will never get across
and eat the cones under his pines,I tell him.He only says,Good fences make good neighbors. — Robert Frost

I've been fascinated with severe weather since I was four, when I saw a tornado at night in my mom and grandmother's southeast Minnesota hometown while everyone else was asleep - an experience I encoded in 'The Stormchasers.' — Jenna Blum