Pursuer Quotes

Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer. (John Keats)
But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had since becoming a single man. View quote
Hugh Grant
‘She is a goddess,' said Ambrose, drunkenly and stoutly. ‘...And she wants me. She's the pursuer...She's the epitome of woman, not,' he said, ‘not a second-hand bundle of coy erogeneity draped,' he said, ‘in an all-too-diaphanous robe,' he said, ‘of pudeur.' View quote
Anthony Burgess
There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. View quote
Eric Hoffer
There's a lesson in real-life stalking cases that young women can benefit from learning: persistence only proves persistence-it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn't mean you are special-it means he is troubled. View quote
Gavin de Becker
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy. View quote
John le Carré
"If I can but reach that bridge," thought Ichabod, "I am safe." Just then he heard the black steed panting and blowing close behind him; he even fancied that he felt his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and now Ichabod cast a look behind to see if his pursuer should vanish, according to rule, in a flash of fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash; he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider passed by like a whirlwind. View quote
Washington Irving