Dreadful Quotes

340 quotes by 263 authors

It was dreadful the way all the three were looking at him, just as if they did not admire him. — James M. Barrie
It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
â€¦my Lolita remarked: â€œYou know, whatâ€™s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your ownâ€; and it struck me, as my automaton… — Vladimir Nabokov
You know, what's so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own. — Vladimir Nabokov
That's sad too, people cannot do anything that dreadful they cannot do anything very dreadful at all they cannot even remember tomorrow what seemed dreadful… — William Faulkner
I seem to myself, as in a dream, Am accidental guest in this dreadful body. — Anna Akhmatova
No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon… — Thomas Ligotti
Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die — Tamora Pierce
Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his… — Oscar Wilde
Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea? — Noel Coward
Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them… — Alan Moore
What was the worst thing you've ever done? I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me...the… — Peter Straub
People are not so dreadful when you know them. That's what you have to remember! And everybody has problems, not just you, but practically everybody… — Tennessee Williams
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her… — Louisa May Alcott
I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers, postillions, officials,… — Susanna Clarke
Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death… — Gail Carriger
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. — Pablo Picasso
What sparks wars? The will to power, the backbone of human nature. The threat of violence, the fear of violence, or actual violence, is the… — David Mitchell
Animals have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance. There is something so very dreadful in tormenting those who have never… — John Henry Newman
Valancy herself had never quite relinquished a certain pitiful, shamed, little hope that Romance would come her way yetâ€”never, until this wet, horrible morning, when… — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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