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That prison," I said with heartfelt sincerity, "Was absolutely the most awful thing that has happened to me in my entire life." I could tell… — Megan Whalen Turner
It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be... — Bob Dylan
Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think? — L. Frank Baum
Their imaginations were flywheels on the ramshackle machinery of the awful truth. — Kurt Vonnegut
The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself. — Brad Warner
No reflection was to be allowed now, not one glance was to be cast back; not even one forward. Not one thought was to be… — Charlotte Bronte
Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is,..... — John Milton
Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school. — Craig Thompson
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life. — Steven Wright
She (Daisy) dug her nails into her palms and told herself she had no choice. "I, Theodosia..." She gulped for air. "...take thee Alexander..." She… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Wind and storm colored July. Also, in the middle, cadaverous, awful, lay the grey puddle in the courtyard, when holding an envelope in my hand,… — Virginia Woolf
There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and the worst thing about it was that I didn't… — Hunter S. Thompson
God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in… — John Adams
I'd love to, she finally said,"on one condition." I steadied myself, hoping it wasn't something too awful. "Yes?" "You have to promise that you won't… — Nicholas Sparks
Calvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse. — Bill Watterson
For time and eternity there have been fathers like Nathan who simply can see no way to have a daughter but to own her like… — Barbara Kingsolver
..it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world...It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel. — John Steinbeck
During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me. Remarkably, according to what… — Alan Alda
That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones. — Kurt Vonnegut
It's ideal really. They will come up with a plan. No one will like it. Everyone will feel they have been treated unfairly, but will… — Suzanne Collins
Sometimes, though, I feel that pushing books is a whole lot like pushing medicine. Think of books as pills. I have pills that cure ignorance… — Tom Robbins
What an awful thing life is, isn’t it? It’s like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless. — Gustave Flaubert
She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again. — Sarah Dessen
But as the scissors snip-snapped through her hair and the razor shaved the rest, she realized with a sudden awful panic that she could no… — Jane Yolen
It wasn't awful to be dead. The stillness would almost be a relief. She wouldn't want pain, she wouldn't want to be wounded or mutilated.… — Janet Fitch

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