Quotes tagged ‘Martyr’

“Wake up, Spencer. The big sister act is just that, an act. And she's such a martyr with the Hastings family crap. She works so hard to be perfect because she doesn't want your parents looking beyond the glow of her halo. She doesn't want them to see you.”

— I. Marlene King, Alison DeLaurentis, Sasha Pieterse, imdb.com

“This is a gift, it comes with a price Who is the lamb and who is the knife Midas is king and he holds me so tight And turns me to gold in the sunlight”

— Florence + The Machine, open.spotify.com

“Strong is just a quiet hunger and a stifled sob.”

— Gayatri Jayaraman, buzzfeed.com

“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”

— Søren Kierkegaard, amazon.com

“This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.”

— Yasser Arafat, en.wikiquote.org

“Why does everybody expect of me what no one expects of anyone else? Why must I endure what no one endures and accept burdens that no one could carry?”

— Albert Camus, amazon.com