a beast QUOTES

1 " Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom.. and as hard as I try, I cannot kill it. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

2 " Hearts set about finding other hearts the moment they are born, and between them, they weave nets so frightfully strong and tight that you end up bound forever in hopeless knots, even to the shadow of a beast you knew and loved long ago. "

― Catherynne M. Valente , The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (Fairyland, #2)

3 " In every person lies a beast and a giant.
Be careful which of them you awaken to the world with your interactions with people. "

― Faithful Akpaloo

4 " If the people of God were to transform the world through fascination, these amazing teachings had to work at the center of these peculiar people. Then we can look into the eyes of a centurion and see not a beast but a child of God, and then walk with that child a couple of miles. Look into the eys of tax collectors as they sue you in court; see their poverty and give them your coat. Look in to the eys of the ones who are hardest for you to like, and see the One you love. For God loves good and bad people. "

― Shane Claiborne , Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals

5 " Cold has its own taste. It tastes of a bitten tongue. It coils around you, a living thing, a beast that means to kill you, not with wrath, not with tooth nor claw, but with the mercy of surrender, with the kindness of letting you go gentle into the long night after such a burden of pain and misery. "

― Mark Lawrence , Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)

6 " Was he a beast if music could move him so? "

― Franz Kafka , The Metamorphosis

7 " Duncan yawned and scratched at a spot on his temple. “According to my reckoning, you shall be punished thusly. Hanged twice, for major theft and unlawfully slaying a beast in the Comte’s forest. Lashed… let me see… four hundred and twenty-seven times for adultery, fornication and minor theft. Lastly, imprisoned for tax evasion and rigging boxing matches for,” the lieutenant paused and totted up the list of offences, “Ninety-six years.”Roger the Goat nodded gravely, and asked, “In what order? "

8 " I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because
inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, above
all, toward life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

9 " ...But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will tun wild and cause you grief. "

― Robert Greene , The 48 Laws of Power

10 " Unity is a beast in itself. "

― , Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

11 " Tell me something wonderful," he said to Dane. " Tell me that we are going to die dreamfully and loved in our sleep." " You're always writing one of your plays on the phone," said Dane." I said, something wonderful. Say something about springtime." " It is sloppy and wet. It is a beast from the sea." " Ah," said Harry. "

12 " But she didn’t want to rest! – Her blood ran through her more slowly, its pace domesticated, like a beast that had trained its steps to fit in its cage. "

― Clarice Lispector , Near to the Wild Heart

13 " Unity is a beast in itself. If a wolf sees two little boys playing in the woods on one side, and a big strong man on the other, he will go to the one who stands alone. "

14 " TO A GIRAFFE
If it is unpermissible, in fact fatal
to be personal and undesirable
to be literal—detrimental as well
if the eye is not innocent-does it mean that
one can live only on top leaves that are small
reachable only by a beast that is tall?—
of which the giraffe is the best example—
the unconversational animal.
When plagued by the psychological,
a creature can be unbearable
that could have been irresistible;
or to be exact, exceptional
since less conversational
than some emotionally-tied-in-knots animal.
After all
consolations of the metaphysical
can be profound. In Homer, existence
is flawed; transcendence, conditional;
“the journey from sin to redemption, perpetual. "

― Marianne Moore , Complete Poems

15 " Once upon a time, there was a naïve and innocent girl who thought she could tame the beast and live happily ever after. But the beast did not want to be tamed, for he was a beast and beasts care not for such things, and the girl died along with her dreams.

From childhood's grave sprang a young woman, jaded before her years, who knew that beasts could wear the skins of men, and that evil could exist in sunlight, as well as darkness.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. "

― Nenia Campbell , Terrorscape (Horrorscape, #3)

16 " There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity on a scale only gods can summon. It hurls itself at the island, sending spray right over the top of the lighthouse, biting pieces off the cliff. And the sound is a roaring of a beast whose anger knows no limits. Those are the nights the light is needed most. "

― M.L. Stedman , The Light Between Oceans

17 " One should never direct people towards happiness, because
happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct
them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey
can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection
for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can
aspire to. "

― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , Cancer Ward

18 " I could feel their grief as if it were a beast holding us down. "

― , One Long Thread

19 " I am the keeper of the beast, though all men harbor a beast in the depths of their heart -- callous, calamitous creatures, driven by deviant demands and derisive diligence. -- From the short story What Rough Beast "

20 " I've finally decided to write about profit for a change
But before I really started I already started to feel lame
Baby what's it to a beast who manely to money remains untamed "

― Criss Jami , Killosophy

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