Burden Quotes

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Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a… — Mark Twain
You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate my riches. They… — Oscar Wilde
The world around us is an increasingly hostile and sinful place. Occasionally that splashes onto us, and perhaps, in the case of a few of… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Life isn't happily ever after... It's work. The person you love is rarely worthy of how big your love is. Because no one is worthy… — Dennis Lehane
Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two. What is obtained by love is retained for all time. What… — Mahatma Gandhi
Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city… — Thomas Paine
A story is a burden which must be carried with as much care as we carry a sleeping child — Joseph Bruchac
The man of knowledge in our time is bowed down under a burden he never imagined he would ever have: the overproduction of truth that… — Ernest Becker
Awareness of insanity does not make one any less insane. Awareness of drowning does not make one any less of a drowning person--it only adds… — Guillermo del Toro
I was rejected, never given any expectations. ... Then at least, I won't be a burden to others. It's alright if the only one who… — Jun Mochizuki
Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted. — Mitch Albom
Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to… — Saint Augustine
To-morrow would bring its own trial with it; so would the next day, and so would the next; each its own trial, and yet the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few… — Nicholas D. Kristof
Hidden yourself in a hole and dared to burden no one with your grievous friendship? I will have friends, Katsa. I will have a life,… — Kristin Cashore
The heart of the world is breaking under this load of pride and pretense. There is no release from our burden apart from the meekness… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is actually a gift you give to someone else. You bear that burden, so… — Cassandra Clare
It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can be sort of… — John Green
The mountain has left me feeling renewed, more content and positive than Iâ€™ve been for weeks, as if something has been given back after a… — Richard R. Nelson
It may be that what you could be haunts you. It is real. It is a weight you have to carry around. Each failure to… — Ben Okri

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