Monstrous

Famous quotes containing the word monstrous:

“It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage.”
—Isadora Duncan (1878–1927)

“She would love still, but she would never again be tender till her daughter should have repudiated her base,—her monstrous engagement.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

“It is grossly selfish to require of one’s neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind from him.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)