Miserable Quotes

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Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked. "Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose… — Nancy Farmer
It was not miserable - often I did not miss her at all. But there was sometimes a quick, sinking ache when I walked in… — Lorrie Moore
And that is enough to raise your thoughts to what may happen when the redeemed soul, beyond all hope and nearly beyond belief, learns at… — C.S. Lewis
Man is more miserable, more restless and unsatisfied than ever before, simply because half his nature--the spiritual--is starving for true food, and the other half--the… — Paul Brunton
Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier. — Simone Elkeles
...What is the use of beauty? i have lived my life surrounded by painters, and still I do not know the answer. But i suspect,… — Gregory Maguire
We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality. — Elizabeth Gilbert
I'd rather be weird and happy than normal and miserable. — Susane Colasanti
What you have to do with your mind, when your body is miserable, is to make it think of something else. — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Have you ever noticed how when you're happy, time seems to pass by fast, while when you're miserable it goes real slow? Life would have… — Lynsay Sands
My name is Zia Rashid.â€ She tilted her head as if listening. Right on cue, the entire building rumbled. Dust sprinkled from the ceiling, and… — Rick Riordan
Adolescence is a dreadful period. We tend to notice those youngsters who misbehave and call attention to themselves, but there are others, equally miserable, who… — Stephen Dobyns
At the end of a miserable day, instead of grieving my virtual nothing, I can always look at my loaded wastepaper basket and tell myself… — David Sedaris
The miserable think that what they have is never enough. Like the Little Mermaid, who owned no more than twenty thingamabobs, they say, "But who… — John Bytheway
I had learned from my reading that you can do really awful things when you are bored, things that are bound to make you miserable.… — Sam Savage
How high a price we pay for the burden of habit! I am fitted for life here where I do not want to be, I… — Saint Augustine
Well, I always tried to look nice and be feminine even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there's no reason to add to everyone's misery… — Elizabeth Gilbert
salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as the… — Tom Robbins
I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts… — Edgar Allan Poe
Some days I think she was really miserable, because she cried a lot. In a way, I'd had to steel my heart to her crying.… — Cynthia Kadohata

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