Difficult Quotes

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October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or of shutting a book, did not end a tale.… — Neil Gaiman
People are the most difficult thing in the world to change — Gena Showalter
The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good. — Paul Simon
It was easy enough to despise the world, but decidedly difficult to find any other habitable region. — Edith Wharton
Rejoice with those who rejoice." I have found that difficult too often. I was much better at weeping with those who weep. — Marilynne Robinson
It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding… — Albert Einstein
Perfection is something we should all strive for. It's a duty and a joy to perfect one's nature... The most difficult thing is love. A… — R. D. Laing
I simply state that I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation-with every reason to throw my mind and pen in with… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. — Pema Chodron
Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most… — Virginia Woolf
The search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search for God, you revert from what attracts you and swim… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment. — T.H. White
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better;… — Harold Bloom
Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn. — Katharine Graham
He meant the Kingdom was over, the Kingdom of Heaven, it was all finished. We shouldn't live as if it mattered more than this life… — Philip Pullman
It is true that liberty is not free, nor is it easy. But tyranny - even varying degrees of it - is much more difficult,… — Ron Paul
What ho!" I said. "What ho!" said Motty. "What ho! What ho!" "What ho! What ho! What ho!" After that it seemed rather difficult to… — P.G. Wodehouse
The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move… — Katharine Hepburn
Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe.… — Eric Ambler

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