Pins Quotes
People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.
Agnes Repplier (1916). “Counter-currents”
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1974). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, Vintage
He was so crooked, you could have used his spine for a safety-pin.
Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “The Nine Tailors”, p.249, Open Road Media
Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.
Mark Lawrence (2011). “Prince of Thorns”, p.66, Penguin
1922 Ulysses.
They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.
Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.175, Simon and Schuster