Offensiveness Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

I resented the idea of being talented. I couldn't respect it - in my experience, no one else did. Being called talented at school had only made me a target for resentment. I wanted to work. Work, I could honor. — Alexander Chee

Patriarchy is having the power to name. — Kate Zambreno

Add little to little and there will be a big pile. — Ovid

upholder of all that surrounds thee. He who — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I thank you, Walton," he said, "for your kind intentions towards to miserable a wretch; but when you speak of new ties and fresh affections think you that any can replace those who are gone? Can any man be to me as Clerval was, or any woman another Elizabeth? Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. They know our infantine dispositions, which, however they may be afterwards modified, are never eradicated; and they can judge of our actions with more certain conclusions as to the integrity of our motives."
Victor Frankenstein; Frankenstein — Mary Shelley

You learn who you are by unlearning who they taught you to be. — Nikki Rowe

Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself. — Ralph Lauren

Paul was so much taken with Christ, that nothing sweeter than Jesus could drop from his lips and pen. — Stephen Charnock