Top 15 Harrowing Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Harrowing Quotes from famous people such as Philip Kaufman, Margaret Fuller, Alexandra Bracken, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Padgett Powell, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

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They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children’s movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.
Philip Kaufman
Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth.
Margaret Fuller
For those of you looking for your action-packed read, check out ‘Red Queen’ by Victoria Aveyard and ‘Vengeance Road’ by Erin Bowman. One’s a fantasy and one’s a Western, but they both feature strong leading ladies and some harrowing twists!
Alexandra Bracken
I’m doing stand-up comedy. I’m working on a one-woman show about how I don’t like my baby. There is a period of time where a baby is born where the next 3 months is harrowing. A lot of people say it’s the most wonderful time, but for me it was harrowing.
Mary Lynn Rajskub
I know about the sweet home. I went to school with ’em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
Padgett Powell
We’re all severely addicted to our phones… it’s not glamorous or always harrowing even, it’s just damaging.
Mae Martin
Well, I stopped drinking. That was actually a big deal. I didn’t go through any harrowing rock-bottom experience. I just made a decision to stop drinking.
Josh Radnor
Personally, I had a close friend with cystic fibrosis. I won’t ever forget how he handled himself. In the face of extreme challenges and very harrowing circumstances, he maintained a positive outlook and was just very dignified, even in his suffering.
Max Carver
I have much to say about the pain I’ve felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.
Lane Garrison
I love my job, but it’s intense, and it’s serious, and it’s straight, and it can be really harrowing.
Stacey Dooley
Crushes start out as that teenage phenomenon, life-affirming and cute, but as you wander into adulthood, they seem to end up more painful, harrowing, and uncertain, especially if you have just come out of the relationship you thought would finally, maybe, maybe be the one that stuck.
Lauren Mayberry
I love travelling full stop – so while I’ve had some harrowing instances, I never look at them negatively. Memories are made when you’re travelling – not when you’re chained to your desk.
Richard Branson
When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, ‘Here are 63 men, try to keep as many of them alive as you possibly can.’ That was one of the more harrowing experiences of my life.
David Eddings
I’d been to Mosul and back and forth to Iraq and Latin America, and it was all quite harrowing… and I felt like I wanted a month or two of total escapism.
Stacey Dooley
Meeting forensic patients for the first time could occasionally be an unnerving experience. They often came across as mild and gentle people, but the details of the crimes were harrowing in the extreme.
Louis Theroux