Cruel

Famous quotes containing the word cruel:

    Instead of offering the Indians a chance to surrender, and to be taken peaceably, General Connor issued a very cruel order to his men—’Take no prisoners, fight to the death; nits breed lice.’
    State of Utah, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness!
    Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)

    Already the iron door of the north
    Clangs open: birds, leaves, snows
    Order their populations forth,
    And a cruel wind blows.
    Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (b. 1905)