T Quotes
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“The horror of Jaws
is not the rows of teeth, but the endless sea
of white faces who are afraid
of losing money knowing the ocean
has always been full of sharks, blood, and everything else they cannot see.”
“The horror of knowing someone and living with them and even thinking you're lucky and then wham and now you know that every person is really two people and how can you ever know what the other half is up to.”
Source: The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America
“The horror of our history has purged me of opinions.”
Source: Lost in the Funhouse
“The horror of the Holocaust is not that it deviated from human norms; the horror is that it didn't. What happened may happen again, to others not necessarily Jews, perpetrated by others, not necessarily Germans. We are all possible victims, possible perpetrators, possible bystanders.”
“The horror of the Pit lay in the emergence from it, with the return of her will, her caring, and her feeling of the need for meaning before the return of the meaning itself".”
Source: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel
“The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.”
“The horror of unemployment is the final undoing of the worker. When he sees this confronting him he sells himself regardless of the intrinsic worth of his ability. Labor unions and collective bargaining arose to give him some show of power and dignity.”
Source: Art Young: His Life and Times
“The horror of wedlock, the most appalling, the most loathsome of all the bonds humankind has devised for its own discomfort and degradation.”
Source: Juliette
“The horror that is America is disgusting.”
“The horror that riveted through me, the absolute terror with a taint of nausea, stunned me speechless for three, maybe four seconds. I put the mug down and made a cross with my fingers, screaming, "Death before decaf!" as Garrett poured himself a cup. The fool.”
Source: Seventh Grave and No Body
“The horror! The horror!”
Source: Heart of Darkness
“The horror, typically, is only felt by others--the patient, unaware, amnesiac for his amnesia, may continue what he is doing, quite unconcerned, and only discover later that he lost not only a day (as is common with ordinary alcoholic 'blackouts'), but half a lifetime, and never knew it.”
Source: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
“The horror was, Cleopatra meant something to these modern people of the twentieth century which was altogether wrong. She had become a symbol of licentiousness, when in fact she had possessed a multitude of amazing talents. They had punished her for her one flaw by forgetting everything else…Remembered, but not for what she was. A painted whore lying on a silken couch. - Ramses”
Source: The Mummy
“The horrors have made the legend of Mandelstam and are inevitably the lens through which we read his work and life. But if there had been no Stalin and no purge, Mandelstam still would have been a poet of severe emotional and existential extremity.”
“The horrors of life not always cause dread.”
Source: La película que nunca vimos
“The horrors of the past lose their edge, and in the doing they blind us to a world careening toward a darkness beyond the bitterest speculation. It's sure to be interesting. When the onset of universal night is finally acknowledged as irreversible even the coldest cynic will be astonished at the celerity with which every rule and stricture shoring up this creaking edifice is abandoned and every aberrancy embraced. It should be quite a spectacle. However brief.”
Source: The Passenger
“The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.”
“The horrors of the world in general upset me. I cry when I think about how lucky I am with my lovely little family.”
“The horrors of war, pale beside the loss of a mother”
“The horrors of wars have shadowed our path in life. The soil of our land is saturated and soaked with the blood of the victims of genocides.”
“The horse, a creature that lives in a herd, reminds us that we are not alone and that we should not alienate others.”
Source: Horse Magick: Spells and Rituals for Self-Empowerment, Protection, and Prosperity
“The horse and mule live thirty years And never know of wine and beers. The goat and sheep at twenty die Without a taste of scotch or rye. The cow drinks water by the ton And at eighteen is mostly done. The dog at fifteen cashes in Without the aid of rum or gin. The modest, sober, bone-dry hen Lays eggs for noggs and dies at ten. But sinful, ginful, rum-soaked men Survive three-score years and ten. And some of us, though mighty few Stay pickled 'til we're ninety-two.”
“The horse can just be a great vehicle for some people to overcome things in their life that they might not be able to overcome otherwise.”
“The horse could not do without Manhattan. It drew him like a magnet, like a vacuum, like oats, or a mare, or an open, never-ending, tree-lined road.”
“The horse does not eat cucumber salad”
“The horse does of two things. He does what he thinks he's supposed to do, or he does what he thinks he needs to do to survive.”
“The horse-drawn plow sat engulfed in weeds at the edge of the field. And while it had stopped plowing long ago, it never left the place where it had plowed. And I thought that if we leave what we were created to do, we are likely to forget who we were created to be.”
“The horse gave his arm a nudge when he reached to remove the headstall. With his large hand, he gave the animal an affectionate stroke on the neck that gave Charli a tug way deep down in her lemon yellow panties.”
Source: Anything but Sweet
“The horse grunted softly. He had huge teeth, Clary noticed uneasily; each one the size of a Pez dispenser. She imagined those teeth sinking into her leg and thought of all the girls she'd known in middle school who'd wanted ponies of their own. She wondered if they were insane.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“The horse has such a docile nature, that he would always rather do right the wrong, if he can only be taught to distinguish one from the other.”
“The horse is a gift to us, to humanity. And for that, there comes responsibility. If the horse is gonna work for you and work with you, then the best thing I can do for the horse is to make it as good a life possible.”
“The horse is a great equalizer, he doesn't care how good looking you are, or how rich you are or how powerful you are-- he takes you for how you make him feel.”
“The horse is a mirror to your soul... and sometimes you might not like what you see in the mirror.”
“The horse is an archetypal symbol which will always find ways to stir up deep and moving ancestral memories in every human being.”
“The horse is flesh and blood on a noble scale”
“The horse is so honest.... they live in the moment. And what they do, whether they need to protect themselves or whether they need to accept you really is directly relative to how you make them feel.”
“The horse is the only animal into which one can bang nails.”
“The horse is your mirror. He never flatters you. He reflects your temperament. He also reflects your ups and downs. Don’t ever be angry with your horse: you might as well be angry with your mirror.”
“The horse is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures, only, in the case of man, it is vice or property that makes him ugly. He is responsible for his own decadence, while the horse is only a slave.”
“The horse is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures.”
“The horse isn’t so different from us. In order to learn, you have to make mistakes. Then you recalibrate, make a decision, try something different, and try again.”
“The horse loves the hound, and I loves both.”
“The horse must perform from joy, not subservience. Praising a horse frequently with voice, a gentle pat, or relaxing the reins is very important to keep the horse interested and willing.”
“The horse must understand and accept any demands made by rider without any resistance. Reward the horse each time he does what is asked of him. Never ask for more than he is capable of giving. Make him a COMPANION, and not a slave, then you will see what a true friend he is.”
“The horse needs to respect you, but sometimes people confuse respect & fear. And they're not the same at all.”
“The horse never knows I'm there until he needs me.”
“The horse on the treadmill may be very discontented, but he is not disposed to tell his troubles, for he cannot stop to talk.”
Source: In Times Like These
“The horse respects and obeys man because its large eyes magnify everything, so man appears much larger than the horse itself.”
Source: Highcastle: A Remembrance
“The horse responds to comfort, they respond to peace better than about anything else you could do. All he wants you to do is just leave him alone. So if the horse responds to you and you give him a little peace and comfort that means more to him than anything.”
“The horse’s ears twitched as she spoke.
“I hope you’ll forgive any of my rookie mistakes. You see, I’ve become both a novice rancher and a fake widow today.” She tilted her head, loosening the tense muscles in her neck. “How many people can say that, huh?”
Source: Colorado Takedown