It was a surprise, and a delight, to see children devour books. Without ever knowing it, they were receiving an education.
Many Christians are "devoured" by worldly interests that distract them from spiritual service to God.
A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.
Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour.
Empirical debunking cannot reach the deepest fear of the reactionary mind, which is that the state - that devouring leviathan - will soon swallow up all traces of human volition and dignity. The conclusion is based on conservative moral convictions t...
Words are like flames of fire that can devour when its your master and give life when its your servant
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8)
There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul devours me; the one around me will crush me
I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel.
Distrust is like a vicious fire that keeps going and going, even put out, it will reignite itself, devouring the good with the bad, and still feeding on empty.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day.
Death was a leech; no matter which side of the spectrum you were on, either dead or alive, it fed. It either acquired your soul or devoured all your joyful emotions.
His mouth seizes mine. Consuming me. Devouring me. My body moves against his. Harder. Faster. Take me. Take all of me…
She grabbed his hair and pulled his mouth tighter against her lips. She wanted to possess and devour him.
And please, stay away from those books you devour. They are putting the most fantastical tales into your head.
He felt a happiness stirring deep inside him, shining a light into recesses of his soul that had long been devoured by darkness.
