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Unnatural Quotes (page 5)

The great error consists in supposing that poetry is an unnatural form of language. We should all like to speak poetry at the moment when we truly live, and if we do not speak it, it is because we have an impediment in our speech. It is not song that is the narrow or artificial thing, it is conversation that is a broken and stammering attempt at song. When we see men in a spiritual extravaganza, like Cyrano de Bergerac, speaking in rhyme, it is not our language disguised or distorted, but our... Gilbert K. Chesterton
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning. Jane Austen
Not only is religion thriving, but it is thriving because it helps people to adapt and survive in the world. In his book Darwin's Cathedral, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson argues that religion provides something that secular society doesn't: a vision of transcendent purpose. Consequently, religious people have a zest for life that is, in a sense, unnatural. They exhibit a hopefulness about the future that may exceed what is warranted by how the world is going. And they forge... Dinesh D'Souza
She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural: out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness. Fay Weldon
Sebastian looked alarmed at her stiffness, but Eric took it in and chuckled. "Riding astride would have been easier," he said. "You put twice the strain on yourself with that unnatural position."Oh, I know," she replied with a grimace. "Every muscle told me about it this morning, and I actually DID have a hot soak before I went to bed."Sebastian looked blankly at the two of them for a moment, then blinked and looked relieved. "Oh, you're saddle sore! I'm sorry-- Mercedes Lackey
Louis Kahn quote: "Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is..."
Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is something unnatural but not something made up. Louis Kahn
Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Doom should not jam. The avalanche stopping in its tracks a few feet above the cowering village behaves not only unnaturally but unethically. Vladimir Nabokov
But the princess had never seen the beautiful expression of her eyes; the expression that came into them when she was not thinking of herself. As is the case with everyone, her face assumed an affected, unnatural, ugly expression as soon as she looked in the looking glass. Leo Tolstoy
But--" she tried not to wail, but her voice crept upward, anyway "--I want to go HOME--"And I want a palace and a handsome, young prince who has an unnatural lust for old women, and neither of us are going to get what we crave, so let's concentrate on what we can do something about!" Granny said sharply. Mercedes Lackey
Bram Stoker quote: "I had heard that madmen have unnatural strength. And as I knew..."
I had heard that madmen have unnatural strength. And as I knew I was a madman, at times anyhow, I resolved to use my power. Bram Stoker
Nately was instantly up in arms again. "There is nothing so absurd about risking your life for your country!" he declared."Isn't there?" asked the old man. "What is a country? A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries, usually unnatural. Englishmen are dying for England, Americans are dying for America, Germans are dying for Germany, Russians are dying for Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war. Surely so many countries can't all be... Joseph Heller
Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me. Fred Melamed
Aldous Huxley quote: "Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions."
Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions. Aldous Huxley
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "The unnatural, that too is natural."
The unnatural, that too is natural. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quote: "New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile,..."
New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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