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Quotes About Overwhelming

I am a giant squid of anger.
~ John Green
There is the heat, which clots the air around her and stops up her pores and her eyes and ears
~ China Mieville
There was such noise. It came without remorse. There were always people everywhere. New Crobuzon.
~ China Mieville
I'm telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.
~ Chris Cleave
trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.
~ Chris Cleave
But this vast empty room was the loneliest, most awful place he had ever been. Its
~ Christa Faust
I feel a joy so strong it's almost painful—a knife's edge of joy.
~ Christina Baker Kline
Fear of this order is not an emotion. It is like a virus overwhelming every cell of his body, while his mind struggles to remain clear.
~ Helen Dunmore
The power of depression is undeniable When I'm in its grip I don't remember ever feeling any other way
~ Henry Rollins
I still believe that a day of understanding will come for each of us, however far away it may be. We will understand as we see the tragedies that today darken and dampen the presence of heaven for us take their proper place in God's great plan—a plan so overwhelming, magnificent, and joyful, we will laugh with wonder and delight. Arthur Christopher Bacon
~ Lettie B. Cowman
The magnitude of life is overwhelming. Angels are here to help us take it peace by peace.
~ Levende Waters
He was an actor of genius. There was no more overwhelming actor on the stage, in the motion pictures, nor even in the pulpit. He would whirl arms, bang tables, glare from mad eyes, vomit Biblical wrath from a gaping mouth; but he would also coo like a nursing mother, beseech like an aching lover, and in between tricks would coldly and almost contemptuously jab his crowds with figures and facts -- figures and facts that were inescapable even when, as often happened, they were entirely incorrect.
~ lewis sinclair
Some amazing records have this power to leave you with inspiration; you're left with the urge to write something. And some records are totally overwhelming, because they are so good, they burn the bridges behind them.
~ Thomas Mars
I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
~ Natalie Merchant
Babbo's menu is only four pages, but it's overwhelming - there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There is nothing I hate more than a useless, lazy menu with only three appetizers and four entrees.
~ Joe Bastianich
A few weeks ago I went to a screening of 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' at Utopia. I'm not a very introspective person but when I get on that stage, it feels even more overwhelming than showing my films at the Cannes film festival. Because standing there, I'm so close to my past. I can see how far I've come.
~ Celine Sciamma
It was the darkness that got you. It was heavy darkness, greasy and compelling. It made walls round you, and shut you in so that you felt like you could not breathe.
~ Jean Rhys
Maybe. The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself any-more. Anger is.
~ Jeanne DuPrau
There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.
~ William Shatner
The machine of awards season is very stressful. But this is the Oscars! It's your peers, your heroes, people you admire, the people who inspired you to get into this work in the first place. It's a pretty overwhelming feeling when you think about it.
~ Taylor Sheridan
I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments.
~ Richard Cobden
The experiences and feelings I have are starting to outweigh the words available to explain them.
~ Terence Trent D'Arby
I've worked my entire life to be this busy. I've worked my entire career to have this many things to do and this many emails to answer. Even when it's overwhelming, it's still a blessing.
~ Nita Strauss
Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.
~ Cathy Freeman