Violent

Famous quotes containing the word violent:

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

“... children
With their shallow violent eyes.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Mosquitoes, black flies, etc., pursued us in mid-channel, and we were glad sometimes to get into violent rapids, for then we escaped them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)