#grunt

To be loved to madness--such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial which could drive away the eating loneliness of her days. And she seemed to long for the abstraction called passionate love more than for any particular lover. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#dissatisfaction #drama-queen #self-delusion #unhappiness #love

Take the Friendmaker, for instance. Oi called 'im that , and now, when people see 'im, they instantly want to be my friend. Those that live, o' course." - Grunthor ↗

— Elizabeth Haydon

#grunthor #haydon #rapsody #age

It was like he was a caveman grunting, "You woman. Me man. Let’s make babies together. ↗

— Missy Lyons

#cave-men #caveman #grunting #instincts #mating

Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die. ↗

— David Hackworth

#die #down #enemy #even #goof

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. ↗

— Pierre Trudeau

#beast #call #elephant #every #friendly

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

#being #could #disgruntled #far #i

If things are going well, if the writing's coming along, I jump out of bed happy. And if the previous day has been bad, I get out of bed disgruntled. ↗

— Robert Caro

#bad #bed #been #coming #day

That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff! ↗

— David Hackworth

#american #get #grunts #making #really

Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops. ↗

— David Hackworth

#bay #beltway #care #fervor #game

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault. It's the same thing with psychotherapy. ↗

— James Hillman

#behind #blame #fault #fought #grunts