Porcupine Quotes

“Prickly

When I'm feeling
porcupine-y,
I get nasty,
I get whiny.

Stay away or
I might stick you.
My sharp words are
quills to prick you.”
― Laura Purdie Salas, Stampede!: Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School

“Don't take life so serious, son...it ain't no how permanent.

--Porky Pine, June 19-24, 1950”
― Walt Kelly, Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Vol. 1: Through the Wild Blue Wonder

“I am going to the USA to catch sight of a wild porcupine and to give some lectures.”
― Sigmund Freud, Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego

“A princess once carefully kissed a porcupine to be kind, upon which he began to think himself a prince. He then dressed like a prince, behaved like a prince, and announced himself to be a prince. The world, therefore, saw him as such, and so a porcupine prince he was. (Of course, most were reluctant to argue with him otherwise.)”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“There is no such thing as ‘calm and serene’ in our household,” Poppy said glumly. “Oh, Amelia, why must our family be so odd?”
“We’re not odd.”
Poppy batted her hands in a dismissive gesture. “Odd people never think they’re odd.”
“I’m perfectly ordinary,” Amelia protested.
“Ha.”
Amelia glanced at her in surprise. “Why in heaven’s name would you say ‘ha’ to that?”
“You try to manage everything and everyone. And you don’t trust anyone outside the family. You’re like a porcupine. No one can get past the quills.”
“Well, I like that,” Amelia said indignantly. “Being compared to a large prickly rodent, when I’ve decided to spend the rest of my entire life looking after the family—”
“No one’s asked that of you.”
“Someone has to do it. And I’m the oldest Hathaway.”
“Leo’s the oldest.”
“I’m the oldest sober Hathaway.”
“That still doesn’t mean you have to martyr yourself.”
“I’m not a martyr, I’m merely being responsible. And you’re ungrateful!”
“Would you prefer gratitude or a husband? Personally, I’d take the husband.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Mine Till Midnight

“Porcupine people- dangerous to be around because you are likely to get hurt. You may never know if don’t get close to them, but if you do get close enough, you will eventually see their dents and cracks and feel their jabs. It would be nice if we could just place an order for the kind of people we would like to have in our life, but people come as is, and we wither take them as they are or end up alone.”
― Joyce Meyer, Loving People Who Are Hard to Love Study Guide: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally