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Gruesome Quotes

Words that don't look away from life's darker moments.

These lines don't soften what's ugly: animal cruelty, a global tragedy witnessed live, even a video-game villain named for the word itself. One quote argues beauty only shines against real darkness, a contrast explored further in Darkness quotes.

Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the...

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

If you want the beautiful moments to shine, you have to contrast that with dark and gruesome moments. That's the way life is.

Quotes by Tony DiTerlizzi

Given the gruesome fate of the last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family, and the fact that five of the previous 12 Romanov rulers were also murdered, it is easy to regard Russia's imperial dynasty as cursed.

Quotes by Saul David

I was given a thick paperback copy of the 'Guinness Book of Records' when I was 11 years old, and I read it gluttonously, cover to cover, paying special lip-smacking attention to all the incredibly gruesome chapters about the violence...

Quotes by Russell Smith

Darkness Quotes

Conservatives are telling elected leaders that expansion of Medicaid comes at a moral - or more overtly, a political - price. At what price are they willing to go back on years of proclaiming 'socialized medicine' as the slippery slope...

Quotes by Ronnie Musgrove

There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year.

Quotes by Natalie Imbruglia

One afternoon, I was playing this new video game, 'Blood and Guts.' I was controlling Gruesome Gus versus the Crimson Menace, and I had totally waxed the guy. It was this really complex sequence of moves, and I was so...

Quotes by Kathi Appelt

Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.

Quotes by Jurgen Habermas

If I feel the labor and the gruesome process, that helps me appreciate the art.

Quotes by Johan Renck

Emotion Quotes

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

Quotes by Jenny Holzer

I don't think that eating bones is necessarily gruesome unless you're a vegetarian.

Quotes by Greg van Eekhout

I've seen a dead body, I've seen some pretty gruesome fist fights, I've been a hunter since I was a child, though I don't anymore, I've gutted wild game.

Quotes by George Eads

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

Quotes by Dustin Diamond

As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.

Quotes by Anthony Browne

Horror Quotes

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic.

Quotes by Amy Tan

Social networks matter greatly, and our class calibrations are often around what college one attended, leading to gruesome institutional divisions between those who attend, say, community colleges and those who attend top-tier universities.

Quotes by Alissa Quart

I'm a massive Roald Dahl fan. I grew up reading his work and see a recurring theme - I have continued to love stuff that mixes the gruesome with a sort of humour. I'm drawn to that in my work.

Quotes by Alex Lawther

'Family Life' is a blueprint of my life. It was horrible and physically gruesome in a way the book doesn't attempt to capture. It was emotionally very bleak.

Quotes by Akhil Sharma

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Frequently Asked Questions

What makes a quote count as 'gruesome' here?
The samples range from literal gruesome events, like September 11 described as a real-time global tragedy, to figurative uses, like the torture behind fur production, all confront something genuinely disturbing.
Why pair gruesome quotes with beauty or contrast?
One sample argues beautiful moments only stand out against dark, gruesome ones, the page includes that idea because it reframes gruesome content as part of a larger emotional balance, not just shock value.
Is there anything lighthearted in this collection?
Yes, one quote uses 'Gruesome' as a video-game character's nickname, a playful example that shows the word isn't always used in a heavy context.
Do these quotes touch on real historical events?
One references September 11 as a moment the world watched unfold in real time, treated here as an example of gruesome reality breaking into public consciousness, see more in Impact quotes.
What related pages should I check out next?
If this theme resonates, Horror and Darkness quotes cover adjacent ground for readers drawn to unflinching material.

Read together, they treat gruesome imagery as something to reckon with rather than sanitize. For the feelings these moments stir up, see Emotion and Impact quotes.