Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Ian Mcewan Quotes: How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime.
         

How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime.


Ian Mcewan
Check all other quotes by Ian Mcewan

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Ian Mcewan Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/How-guilt-refined-the-methods-of-self-663102>.





Check out


Other quotes of Ian Mcewan


...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.



come back, come back to me

come back, come back to me



Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.



I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.



A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.



True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.



When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.



I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).



I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.



Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.





Other quotes you may like



Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.

Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.



Sometimes a smile is all that is needed to change a person’s day and it cost me nothing to give.

Sometimes a smile is all that is needed to change a person’s day and it cost me nothing to give.



This is 911 dispatch, and the nature of your emergency… fire, ambulance, police or… physics?

This is 911 dispatch, and the nature of your emergency… fire, ambulance, police or… physics?



Between whom there is hearty truth there is love.

Between whom there is hearty truth there is love.



Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.

Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.



Become more and more centered in the Self. To live more and more in the thought that God is here in your consciousness.

Become more and more centered in the Self. To live more and more in the thought that God is here in your consciousness.



People suspend judgment in the presence of mystery.

People suspend judgment in the presence of mystery.



I can't give money away to buy listeners. I can't pay listeners off with phones or food stamps or anything. I can't come by my audience by buying it.

I can't give money away to buy listeners. I can't pay listeners off with phones or food stamps or anything. I can't come by my audience by buying it.



The last thing Texas women need in their lives is Greg Abbott.

The last thing Texas women need in their lives is Greg Abbott.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime.". Author of this quote is Ian Mcewan. This quote is about refined, lifetime, rosary, torture, eternal, guilt, self, beads,.