--- title: "9 Wrong Living Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 9 Wrong Living quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Wrong Living sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/sue-monk-kidd-404_dream_every-time-i-shot-back-what-s-wrong-with_1493895.png" --- > [“Every time I shot back, What's wrong with living in a dream world? And she'd say, You have to wake up. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/every-time-i-shot-back-what-s-wrong-with-living-in-a-dream-world-and/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/sue-monk-kidd-404_dream_every-time-i-shot-back-what-s-wrong-with_1493895.png) > [What's wrong with living our own lives instead of other peoples lives?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naquitta-faith/what-s-wrong-with-living-our-own-lives-instead-of-other-peoples-lives/) [Naquitta Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naquitta-faith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/naquitta-faith-1020_life_what-s-wrong-with-living-our-own-lives-i_342705.jpg) > [“No, if your life is without pain and anger and desperation then you are living it all wrong. You are not living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaun-hick/no-if-your-life-is-without-pain-and-anger-and-desperation-then-you/) [Shaun Hick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaun-hick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/shaun-hick-17521_desperation_no-if-your-life-is-without-pain-and-ange_1432327.jpg) > [What's wrong with living in a dream world? You have to wake up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/what-s-wrong-with-living-in-a-dream-world-you-have-to-wake-up/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/sue-monk-kidd-404_dream_what-s-wrong-with-living-in-a-dream-worl_115965.png) > [“There is Right---and there is Wrong…You do One, and YOU ARE LIVING…You do the Other---and You may be walking around---But---YOU are as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-american-hero-john-wayne/there-is-right-and-there-is-wrong-you-do-one-and-you-are-living-you/) [the - American Hero John Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-american-hero-john-wayne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/john-wayne-the-duke-american-h_doing-the-right-thin_there-is-right-and-there-is-wrong-you-do_2082647.jpg) > [Giving up, Letting go. Always in the wrong, Always, Always doing somthing wrong, Always Always no living to peoples expectations, Well, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theshadowofhell/giving-up-letting-go-always-in-the-wrong-always-always-doing-somthing/) [TheShadowOfhell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theshadowofhell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/theshadowofhell-24859_being-wrong_giving-up-letting-go-always-in-the-wrong_2706133.jpg) > [The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It's getting them wrong that is living,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/the-fact-remains-that-getting-people-right-is-not-what-living-is-all-2/) [Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/philip-roth-681_alive_the-fact-remains-that-getting-people-rig_3153604.jpg) > [“The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It's getting them wrong that is living,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/the-fact-remains-that-getting-people-right-is-not-what-living-is-all/) [Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/philip-roth-681_along-for-the-ride_the-fact-remains-that-getting-people-rig_1916625.jpg) > [“You get them wrong before you meet them, while you're anticipating meeting them; you get them wrong while you're with them; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/you-get-them-wrong-before-you-meet-them-while-you-re-anticipating/) [Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/philip-roth-681_along-for-the-ride_you-get-them-wrong-before-you-meet-them_1681334.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wrong-living/#itemlist", "name": "Wrong Living Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Every time I shot back, What's wrong with living in a dream world? 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