Miserable Quotes

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How could I feel so miserable in the midst of such splendor? The question flashed through me all at once, not waiting for words to… — Susan L. Taylor
The day of my departure at length arrived. Clerval spent the last evening with us. He had endeavoured to persuade his father to permit him… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The ego, as a collection of our past experiences, is continually offering miserable lines of thought. It's as if there were a stream with little… — Hugh Prather
I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life. — Chris Isaak
I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption . — Timothy Keller
The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be. — Matt Chandler
A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can… — Michel de Montaigne
My first few weeks in America are always miserable, because the tastes I am cursed with are all of a kind that cannot be gratified… — Edith Wharton
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. — Charles Dickens
Donâ€™t keep your head turned backwards. Look ahead and move on. You are trying to walk forward with your head turned backward. This is why… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are. — Charles Caleb Colton
Though the wisdom or virtue of one can very rarely make many happy, the folly or vice of one man often make many miserable. — Samuel Johnson
The only happy talkers are dandies who extract pleasure from the very perishability of their material and who would not be able to tolerate the… — Cyril Connolly
I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out. — David Chase
You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation.… — Amy Tan
Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I don't feel good,… — Natalie Goldberg
I find it very hard not to be myself and maybe that does attract attention, but I'd be miserable if I wasn't. — Sienna Miller
I have to feel that I'm going somewhere all the time. By definition, if you have this urge to go places, then you can't be… — Jo Nesbo
I was the night foreman of a galvanizing factory, which is hot and smelly and dirty and miserable. — Ronald Perelman

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