Ferocity Quotes

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“Just like a kitten that thinks its a tiger.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]

“...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Well," said Mary, "love is ferocious, too.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to humanity, and to every idea we have of moral justice, as any thing done by Robespierre, by Carrier, by Joseph le Bon, in France, by the English government in the East Indies, or by any other assassin in modern times. When we read in the books ascribed to Moses, Joshua, etc., that they (the Israelites) came by stealth upon whole nations of people, who, as the history itself shews, had given them no offence; that they put all those nations to the sword; that they spared neither age nor infancy; that they utterly destroyed men, women and children; that they left not a soul to breathe; expressions that are repeated over and over again in those books, and that too with exulting ferocity; are we sure these things are facts? are we sure that the Creator of man commissioned those things to be done? Are we sure that the books that tell us so were written by his authority?

...The Bible tells us, that those assassinations were done by the express command of God. And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo every thing that is tender, sympathising, and benevolent in the heart of man. Speaking for myself, if I had no other evidence that the Bible is fabulous, than the sacrifice I must make to believe it to be true, that alone would be sufficient to determine my choice.”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“You want something real bad? Go after it with ferocity like if your life depended on it and never ever surrender. Only a question of time.”
― Ziad K. Abdelnour, Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

“...writing with ferocity is a gift, provided that ferocity is a monomaniacal devotion to pursuing the truth ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to humanity, and to every idea we have of moral justice, as any thing done by Robespierre, by Carrier, by Joseph le Bon, in France, by the English government in the East Indies, or by any other assassin in modern times. When we read in the books ascribed to Moses, Joshua, etc., that they (the Israelites) came by stealth upon whole nations of people, who, as the history itself shews, had given them no offence; that they put all those nations to the sword; that they spared neither age nor infancy; that they utterly destroyed men, women and children; that they left not a soul to breathe; expressions that are repeated over and over again in those books, and that too with exulting ferocity; are we sure these things are facts? are we sure that the Creator of man commissioned those things to be done? Are we sure that the books that tell us so were written by his authority?”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“Despite the gentlemanly kiss, a ferocity burned behind his gaze promising something primal.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Stolen Petals

“Our most precious resource now is wonder. What we wonder ignites our imagination, unleashes our empathy, fuels our ferocity.”
― Amy Irvine, Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness

“The two lovers stood, hand in hand and close enough to feel their breath, overlooking, the calmness and harshness of the sea, a tenderness to its ferocity.”
― Grace Curley, The Light that Binds Us

“Muscles tore and scarlet poured with each swing the dragon could muster and he roared.”
― H.S. Crow

“Great wrongs unleash with savage ferocity and apologies vomit forth with epic reluctance.”
― Stewart Stafford

“He knew the world and its ferocity:
Yet lived in love: he loved what he could see.”
― Theodore Roethke, Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke