Awful Quotes

1118 Awful quotes by 901 unique authors

Alan: "I had terrible stage fright." Sin: "I'm not familiar with the concept of 'stage fright.'" A: "It's pretty awful. You end up having to… — Sarah Rees Brennan
You're right, Halt,' she said, and he nodded acklowledgement of her backing down. 'Nice to hear someone else saying that for a change,' Will said… — John Flanagan
I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her [Ultima] I learned that… — Rudolfo Anaya
She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
...Go somewhere else. Somewhere safer.” Anywhere else. God, please. Or he was likely to do something horribly awful, like surrender his sanity and kiss her. — Anne Mallory
I'm quite sure more people fake an awful lot of everyday human contact. I just fake all of it." --Dexter — Jeff Lindsay
. . . but the Universe is an awfully big place. There is room enough for an awful lot of people to be right about… — Kurt Vonnegut
I could just barely see the dark curve of his shoulder, and something about the shape it made, the gesture it suggested, filled me with… — Maggie Stiefvater
It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if… — Anne Rice
Whatever had happened to him [Newt] out there — maybe even related to his lingering ankle injury — had been truly awful. — James Dashner
Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful. — Samuel Beckett
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
Kid 1: *examining my gorgeous strawberry and blueberry pies*: Wow, Mom, your pies don’t look awful this time. Me (Ilona): ... ~A little later~ Kid… — Ilona Andrews
We face up to awful things because we can't go around them, or forget them. The sooner you say 'Yes, it happened, and there's nothing… — Annie Proulx
I took comfort, as a kid, in knowing that things had always been as awful and as wonderful as they were now, that the world… — Michael Chabon
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
Her name rang in Will's mind like the chime of a bell; he wondered if any other name on earth had such an inescapable resonance… — Cassandra Clare
…my Lolita remarked: “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own”; and it struck me, as my automaton… — Vladimir Nabokov
Will sat where he was, gazing at the silver bowl in front of him; a white rose was floating in it, and he seemed prepared… — Cassandra Clare
I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I woke up and I was 23. So relieved. And then I woke… — Julie Delpy
Human beings can be awful cruel to one another. — Mark Twain
It is, I suppose, the common grief of children at having to protect their parents from reality. It is bitter for the young to see… — Katherine Dunn
Growing up is a process that never ends. It isn't a point you attain so you can say, Hooray, I'm grown up. Some people never… — Madeleine L'Engle
If he even survives." She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth. "It's that bad?" Raisa nodded. "He… — Cinda Williams Chima
Gradually the awful truth dawns on you: that Santa Claus was just the tip of the iceberg - that your future will not be the… — Paul Murray

Who Wrote These Awful Quotes

901 authors contributed a total of 1,118 Awful Quotes, led by these top contributors: