Violent

Famous quotes containing the word violent:

    “His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
    For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
    Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “These violent delights have violent ends,
    And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
    Which as they kiss consume.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Lift up our eyes to you?
    no, God, we stare and stare,
    upon a nearer thing
    that greets us here,
    Death, violent and near.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)