Shamewounded Quotes & Sayings

I think our material is our lives. That's part of being a modern writer, and we have to use it. — Anne Roiphe

Praying without fervency is like hunting with a dead dog. — Charles Spurgeon

Liberty is worth paying for. — Jules Verne

Our souls, shamewounded by our sins, cling to us yet more, a woman to her lover clinging, the more the more.
She trusts me, her hand gentle, the longlashed eyes. Now where the blue hell am I bringing her beyond the veil? Into the ineluctable modality of the ineluctable visuality. She, she, she. What she? — James Joyce

There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart. — James Martineau

I do love to walk around in New York because people will notice me, smile, but they never bother anyone. New Yorkers are very cool. I love New York. — Creed Bratton