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title: "8 Blighted Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“The house had not merely lapsed back into the equilibrium of the woods but was blighted, as if inside it did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/the-house-had-not-merely-lapsed-back-into-the-equilibrium-of-the/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

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> [We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/majora-carter/we-want-to-bring-enterprise-back-to-blighted-urban-areas-people-there/)

[Majora Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/majora-carter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/majora-carter-17939_areas_we-want-to-bring-enterprise-back-to-blig_334689.jpg)

> [Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn't it Tess?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/tis-because-we-be-on-a-blighted-star-and-not-a-sound-one-isn-t-it-tess/)

[Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/thomas-hardy-410_astronomy_tis-because-we-be-on-a-blighted-star-and_1015062.jpg)

> [“It was frustratingly common that children were no sooner gone from the nest and established in their own homes, in Roger’s case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/it-was-frustratingly-common-that-children-were-no-sooner-gone-from/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/helen-simonson-8568_children_it-was-frustratingly-common-that-childre_1354369.jpg)

> [The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the God of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and in short you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-blossom-is-blighted-the-leaf-is-withered-the-god-of-day-goes-down/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/did-you-say-the-stars-were-worlds-tess-yes-all-like-ours-i-don-t-know/)

[Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/)

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> [For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/for-every-talent-that-poverty-has-stimulated-it-has-blighted-a-hundred/)

[John W. Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-gardner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/john-w-gardner-7687_politics_for-every-talent-that-poverty-has-stimul_2050833.jpg)

> [We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/we-re-all-blessed-and-we-re-all-blighted-chief-inspector-said-finney/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/louise-penny-1059_blessed_we-re-all-blessed-and-we-re-all-blighted_3033988.jpg)

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