Awful Quotes

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I sat on the bench by the willows and at my honey bun and read Triton. There are some awful things in the world, it’s… — Jo Walton
It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work. — Anne Tyler
True knights protect the weak.” He snorted. “There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can’t protect yourself, die and… — George R. R. Martin
The stories I create are never as awful as reality. — Henning Mankell
Dirt's a funny thing,' the Boss said. 'Come to think of it, there ain't a thing but dirt on this green God's globe except what's… — Robert Penn Warren
I’ve been thinking about that ever since. Am I lucky? Am I lucky that I didn’t die? Am I lucky that, compared to the other… — Michael Thomas Ford
Sometimes I nursed starfish alive in jam jars of seawater and watched them grow back lost arms. On this day, this awful birthday of otherness,… — Sylvia Plath
The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country… — Gore Vidal
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality. — Anton Chekhov
When I finally got tired of arguing with her and decided to write a novel as if I was some kind of formulaic, genre writing… — Jim Butcher
The awful thing is that if i can forget they're people, it will be no different at all — Suzanne Collins
Another funny thing about having friends was that they expected things of you. they made you want to not be a terrible, awful, execrable person.… — Francine Pascal
How come you like Josh so much anyway? All he does is sit around drinking overpriced coffee and bitching about how awful things are" "He… — Elizabeth Scott
Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to… — Jeannette Walls
There were things out there in the world, things that vampires feared, and now those things were here. She was only seconds out of a… — Rachel Caine
Everything seemed good, but I knew it had the potential to be awful. — Jay Asher
Listen to me: I never married because I was too easily bored. It's an awful, self-defeating trait to have. It's much better to be too… — Rachel Cohn
I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of consciousness; it seemed… — John Green
And when Jace was ten years old, Valentine killed him. Michael, I mean." "That sounds like something he would do," said Luke. His tone was… — Cassandra Clare
It's awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship." "It's awful worse luck not to. — Johnny Depp
Count Olaf sounds like an awful person. I hope he is torn apart by wild animals someday. Wouldn't that be satisfying? — Daniel Handler
Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, assuming you do not go utterly mad in the attempt. If you already… — David Wong
You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world,… — Stewart O'Nan
Funny,’ Will said, as they picked their way through. ‘Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all.… — Susan Cooper
Love can make even nice people do awful things. — Jude Deveraux

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