Subtly Worded Quotes

“But do you realize that there is a dreadful force that only saints and crazed fanatics can defeat? This force closes all these doors; it makes man revolt against God, scorn science for its impotence, turn a cold shoulder to art and forget how to love… It makes death, that eternal bogeyman, come to seem welcome and blessed. This force is pain. Torturers the world over have always known this. The fear of death can be overcome by reason and by faith. But only saints and fanatics have been able to conquer the fear of pain.”
― Teffi, Subtly Worded

“She watched him adoringly, and brightly, and exultantly—in the way you can watch only when you are wearing a new hat, a hat with a bluebird of happiness on the brim.”
― Teffi, Subtly Worded

“He's ambitious—even excessively ambitious. He wants to become a provocateur, but he doesn't know a single revolutionary song.”
― Teffi, Subtly Worded