logo

Quotes About Outcries

The wave had not yet reached its lowest ebb when suddenly it began to rise again. Swaying, it rose higher than the first, and over this second wave, like foam boiling up on the crest, there seethed up a whistling and, here and there, the outcries of women distinguishable through the thunder...And those were moans of women who were crushed as the crowd surged forward. (40)
~ Mikhail Bulgakov
What outcries call me from my naked bed?
~ Thomas Kyd
Angels often flee from people who scream too loudly—they know at such moments how close the man or woman is to us, and they feel outnumbered. For devils rush in to attend such outcries.
~ Norman Mailer