Difficult Quotes

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Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved very slowly, and then he… — Colm Toibin
The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name,… — Jane Kenyon
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare. — Baruch Spinoza
(about his terrible attempt at making a sandwich) It's more difficult than it looks. (Artemis Fowl) — Eoin Colfer
She felt, as she felt so often with Murphy, spattered with words that went dead as soon as they sounded; each word obliterated, before it… — Samuel Beckett
Over the years they both reached the same wise conclusion by different paths: it was not possible to live together in any other way, or… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it. — Leo Tolstoy
Maybe we all live life at too high a pitch, those of us who absorb emotional things all day, and as mere consequence we can… — Nick Hornby
It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. — William Carlos Williams
The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes. — George Eliot
Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. — Libba Bray
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those… — Alexis de Tocqueville
You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirrorâ€¦ But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you… — John Irving
Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless. — Audre Lorde
Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is… — John Burroughs
Nicholas Temelcoff is famous on the bridge, a daredevil. He is given all the difficult jobs and he takes them. He descends into the air… — Michael Ondaatje
Anyway, seeking work is a tad difficult given the poor design of the streets with their prohibitive curbs and driveways that don't quite line up. — Steve Martin
And she finds it difficult to believeâ€”that a person would love her even when she isn't trying. Trying to figure out what other people need,… — Margaret Atwood
It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice. — Anne Tyler

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