Peur Quotes & Sayings

I'm a teacher and a writer; my life is words. When I see the denigration of language, it hurts me, and it's easy to denigrate a word by trivializing it. — Elie Wiesel

He was sardonic even in his thoughts these days. — Julie Anne Long

I was sick of strife, and weary of being wary. — Robin Hobb

I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt. — Victor Hugo

I am firmly convinced that the ideal combination leading to a happy life is to have the time to both fish and read. — Brian Murphy

Problems, obstacles and difficulties are in themselves not a sufficient reason for a person to suffer defeat. It is possible to overcome any obstacle — Sunday Adelaja

Despair often breeds disease. — Sophocles

Being offended is part of being in the real world. — Courtney Love

On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever read or heard of in romance, a life sans peur et sans reproche; it had seemed to her then that she had only to will, and such a life would be accomplished. And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. Trusting to herself, she had fallen. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Even famous poets such as Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams were rarely asked to read their poems. — Donald Hall

I think universal harmony is a pipedream and it may be more productive to focus on more modest goals, like a ban on yodeling. — Woody Allen

[Dust]
Agatha Morley
all her life
grumbled at dust
like a good wife

...

Six feet under
the earth she lies
with dust at her feet
and dust in her eyes. — Sydney King Russell

I thought about the capacity people have to forgive, and how powerful a force love can be if people will just let it into their lives. — Scott Pratt

Berry," Pursley said, "you're in trouble, son. A cop. And an honest one. In trouble. In deep, spectacular, and, please, I have to say this, clearly heroic shit. — William Gibson

My thinking is this: Her original mother, she did what she must. I, her in-between mother, I did what I must. That Japanese couple, they also did what they must. One day, this little girl will grow up, and she will be doing what she must. So you see, we all do what we must — Amy Tan

Well, I bought a ticket to the circus. I don't know why I was surprised to see elephants. — Norris Church Mailer