Difficult Quotes

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It occurs to me that the peculiarity of most things we think of as fragile is how tough they truly are. There were tricks we… — Neil Gaiman
It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say 'It's as plain as the nose on your face.'… — Isaac Asimov
There are two facts that all children need to disprove sooner or later; mother and father. If you go on believing in the fiction of… — Jeanette Winterson
He did not understand all he had heard, but from his clandestine glimpse into the privacy of these two, with all the world that his… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them… — Niccolo Machiavelli
These people who can see right through you never quite do you justice, because they never give you credit for the effort you're making to… — Marilynne Robinson
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Don't wish to be thought to know… — Epictetus
Women, in general, will find it difficult to turn from a man and stop demanding that he meets their needs, provides security, and protects their… — William P. Young
It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits… — John Updike
And when you look at the sky you know you are looking at stars which are hundreds and thousands of light-years away from you. And… — Mark Haddon
It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble. — Jane Austen
It is always difficult to give oneself up; few persons anywhere ever succeed in doing so, and even fewer transcend the possessive stage to know… — Octavio Paz
Luxuries are easy to take up but very difficult to give up — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Someone would have to keep his wits, and he had assumed automatically that since Fezzik had so few, he would find retaining them not all… — William Goldman
Science,' said Mr Anders Anders. 'Science, not magic. I told you before: when things are not as they appear to be, it's because they're actually… — Robert Rankin
To commit suicide is easy. To live without a god is more difficult. The drunkenness of triumph is greater than the drunkenness of sacrifice. — Anais Nin
What we can do, we must do: we must use what we are given, and we must use it the best we can, however much… — Robin McKinley
Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed,… — Neil Gaiman
The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no… — Czeslaw Milosz
Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: 'St.' It's a much more difficult degree to attain.… — Mother Angelica

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