Irritation Quotes - Page 5

• She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art glass-- strong enough to handle and use, delicate enough to shatter under a strong blow, and filled with swirls of color that fascinated the eye. But while most people--and most glass--allowed light through, she could discern nothing of Devlin's heart and soul through the smoke and mirrors he held before him.

  Christina Dodd

  Art, Strong, Eye

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• And they did have fun, though it was of different kind now. All that yearning and passion had been replaced by a steady pulse of pleasure and satisfaction and occasional irritation, and this seemed to be a happy exchange; if there had been moments in her life when she had been more elated, there had never been a time when things had been more constant.

  David Nicholls

  Fun, Passion, Pulse

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• Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be in a family, with all the touchy tempers and irritation that goes on. Now you get to see the other side, where we do stupid stuff for each other just because we like you. Rache is the little sister. Ivy’s the big sister. I’m the uncle from out of state, and you’re the rich nephew no one likes but we put up with you anyway because we feel sorry for you. Just let me help, huh? It won’t kill you.

  Kim Harrison

  Uncles, Sorry, Couple

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• A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable; he dissimulates bad offices, smiles at his enemies, controls his irritation, disguises his passions, belies his heartm speaks and acts against his feelings.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Passion, Eye, Men

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• I have no doubt that the real irritation of those on the religious right is not that their particular creed is not embraced by the schools, but that often their creed is the only one singled out for contempt.

  William Bennett

  Christian, Religious, Real

  William John Bennett (1994). “The De-valuing of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children”, p.218, Simon and Schuster

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• When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they themselves touch the inflammation: But a man sunk in grief suffers every chance comer to stir and augment his affliction like a running sore; and by reason of the fingering and consequent irritation it hardens into a serious and intractable evil.

  Plutarch

  Running, Grief, Eye

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• Dani," Decker said firmly. "Trust me, this is not a dream." "Why is it you men always say trust me before spitting out something completely unpalatable?" she asked, irritation flickering through her. "Vampires aren't supposed to be real. And how come you had to be a cute vampire? You should be a dog. All evil, vile people should look as ugly as they are inside." "We aren't ev--" Decker halted his denial, and then did something she hadn't yet seen him do and lifted his lips in a very rare-and in her opinion, totally inappropriate-grin as he asked, "You think I'm cute?

  Lynsay Sands

  Cute, Dream, Dog

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• Similar (of course, far from identical) irritations in similar conditions call out similar reflexes; the more powerful the irritation, the sooner it overcomes personal peculiarities. To a tickle, people react differently, but to a red-hot iron, alike. As a steam-hammer converts a sphere and a cube alike into sheet metal, so under the blow of too great and inexorable events resistances are smashed and the boundaries of "individuality" lost.

  Leon Trotsky

  Powerful, Blow, Iron

  Leon Trotsky, Max Eastman (2008). “History of the Russian Revolution”, p.70, Haymarket Books

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• It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Inspirational Love, Hate, Anger

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2016). “Nathaniel Hawthorne: Collected Novels: Scarlet Letter / House of Seven Gables / Blithedale Romance / Fanshawe / Marble Faun: Library of America #10”, p.300, Library of America

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• I try to think of something catchy to say, but there's nothing but irritation that something that was funny yo an eleven-year-old boy is still funny to a seventeen-year-old one.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Boys, Thinking, Years

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.62, Scholastic UK

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• I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.

  Joan Didion

  Thinking, People, Source

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• You've been quiet these past days," Trevanion said. "Are you going to tell me what the...exchange of words was about?" "Who said there was an exchange of words?" Finnikin asked with irritation. "When a woman says 'I hope you fall under your horse' and 'catch your death, then see if I grieve you,'" Perri said, "then there's been an exchange of words." Finnikin glared at him. "In my humble opinion.

  Melina Marchetta

  Horse, Fall, Humble

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• He left Chainsaw behind, much to her irritation. Ronan didn't want her to learn any bad language.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Want, Language, Behinds

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.188, Scholastic Inc.

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• If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or even friendship with your partner at that moment.

  Hugh Prather

  Letting Go, Oneness, Want

  Hugh Prather (2017). “The Little Book of Letting Go: Cleanse your Mind, Lift your Spirit, and Replenish your Soul”, p.20, Conari Press

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• Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He’s gone.” “He will only be gone from the school when none here are loyal to him,” said Harry, smiling in spite of himself.

  J. K. Rowling

  Loyalty, School, Gone

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• One good thing that comes from living the nomadic life demanded by an expedition is that one sheds the fake skin donned from living too closely among society. For those of us who live for the freedom of such a lifestyle, that skin is dry and itchy and ill fitting. From my observances, that skin is much like a callus caused by the pure irritation of being forced to spend so much time with one's fellow man. Thank God I am spared such nonsense.

  Karen Hawkins

  Men, Fake, Skins

  Karen Hawkins (2012). “The Taming of a Scottish Princess”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the three-star Michelin gourmets. There is, we feel, a decent area somewhere between boiled carrots and Beluga caviare, sour plonk and Chateau Lafitte, where we can take care of our gullets and bellies without worshipping them.

  J. B. Priestley

  Stars, Food, Vintage

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• The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of mind and heart; in pride, avarice, covetousness, envy, hatred, wicked impatience and irritation; in evil despondence, in the abominations of fornication, adultery, theft, false-witness, blasphemy, negligence, slothfulness, and sluggishness.

  John of Kronstadt

  Passion, Heart, Mean

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• We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

  Anne Robinson

  Daughter, Mother, Views

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• To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Friendship, Giving, Advice

  Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pliny (2010). “Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero with His Treatises on Friendship and Old Age; Letters of Pliny the Younger”, p.39, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I spent the morning smashing fliesI killed one fly against the doorjamb. Another I stalked into the kitchen...A third fly wavered by the kitchen window. When I swatted, a wild ferocious swing, a whole trembling crowd shot from the window like pebbles from a blunderbuss, then settled back. My heart pounded. I felt flushed with disgust and irritation. Why must I always have such obstacles to my writing?

  Bonnie Friedman

  Morning, Writing, Heart

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• A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.

  A. A. Gill

  Country, Believe, Mean

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• I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.

  Anatoly Karpov

  Moving, Games, Chess

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• The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations set into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get ride of them, he uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but anyhow, make a pearl. And it takes faith and I love to do it.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Love, Faith, Oysters

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• There aren't many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her vainly for the past umpteen years.

  Edward Hoagland

  Love, Believe, Past

  Edward Hoagland (1993). “The Courage of Turtles”, The Lyons Press

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