Affliction Quotes
353 quotes by 250 authors
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My father,†she admitted, “was of Italian extraction. Unfortunately, not an affliction that can be cured.†She paused. “Though he did die.
— Gail Carriger
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true weanedness from the world don't consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by…
— Jonathan Edwards
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I have sought you out to cure me.' 'To cure you of what?' 'Of this cursed affliction.' 'I cannot cure stupidity.' Scapegrace frowned.
— Derek Landy
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Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine ― that is, activity ― which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery?…
— Margaret George
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The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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I believe in that line from An Imperial Affliction. 'The risen sun too bright in her losing eyes.' That's God, I think, the rising sun,…
— John Green
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Our love was the affliction for which only our love was the cure.
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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...some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed dogs with cans of pate.
— Lionel Shriver
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Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.
— Daniel Defoe
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If he is anything other than a total gentleman, I’m going to gouge his eyes out.†“So you’re into it.†“Withholding judgment! When can I…
— John Green
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There are no lessons so useful as those learned in the school of affliction.
— J C Ryle
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Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his.
— Mario Vargas Llosa
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The man who has known pure joy, if only for a moment ... is the only man for whom affliction is something devastating. At the…
— Simone Weil
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His gaze narrowed and she could see his hands twitching again like he’d love nothing more than to throttle her. She was beginning to think…
— Maya Banks
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The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which…
— Alain de Botton
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Hazel Grace,†he said. “Hi,†I said. “How are you?†“Grand,†he said. “I have been wanting to call you on a nearly minutely basis,…
— John Green
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That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.
— Edna O'Brien
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Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.
— William Shakespeare
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I grew to see my affliction as my gift. When I sang, I soared. I could soar higher than all those hurts aimed at my…
— Jimmy Scott
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How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?
— Isabel Allende
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