Cornered Animal Quotes

#1. A sound of cornered-animal fear and hate and surrender and defiance ... like the last sound the treed and shot and falling animal makes as the dogs get him, when he finally doesn't care about anything but himself and his dying.

Ken Kesey

#2. You ... " The centaur's eyes flared like a cornered animal's. "You should be dead.

Rick Riordan

#3. Are you my councilor or my slave, said the witch.

C.S. Lewis

#4. Was it always my nature to take a bad time and block out the good times, until any success became an accident and failure seemed the only truth?

Lillian Hellman

#5. Kingsley turned his attention back to her.
"Why do you have your clothes on?"
"Was I supposed to take them off?"
"I've never heard a stupider question in my life.

Tiffany Reisz

#6. Or in the forest; mingling various walks with the splash and murmur of the waves, and the solemn wind-anthem among the tree-tops.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#7. There's no such thing as an animal too big too kill, AND we're cornered by such animals every day.

Shane McCrae

#8. A wild animal, when cornered, may suddenly and desperately defend itself. This is why I try not to spend any more time outdoors than is absolutely necessary.

Lemony Snicket

#9. She still stood in front of the garden tub, the piece of glass in her hand, and she stared back at me like an animal cornered.
In that moment she didn't remind me of a harmless little kitten. She was a full-grown tigress, and she still looked like she wanted to do some damage.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#10. Lexi glanced around the studio. She heard him in the bathroom. The door was slightly ajar, but she couldn't see him.
"A pity," she whispered.

Donna Grant

#11. The abundance of our lives is not determined by how long we live, but how well we live. Christ makes abundant life possible if we choose to live it now.

Barbara Brown Taylor