Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

And exactly how does a miserable face help the war effort?" he asked sharply, his mood beginning to change. "Will a frown bring back the… — Stuart Hill
In a vacuum all photons travel at the same speed. They slow down when travelling through air or water or glass. Photons of different energies… — Jeanette Winterson
Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are born. Every Morn and every Night Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to… — William Blake
What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I… — Nick Hornby
At least we should learn to understand our fellow beings, for we are powerless to stop their misery, their ignominy, their suffering, their weakness, and… — Robert Walser
Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much worse. Humiliation of one's social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one's nation… — Orson Scott Card
Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. If one recognizes the difference and… — Marisha Pessl
Why does it help to read others' stories? It is not only that misery loves company, because (I learned) misery is too self-absorbed to want… — David Sheff
So rainbow-sided, touch'd with miseries, She seem'd, at once, some penanced lady elf, Some demon's mistress, or the demon's self. — John Keats
Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. — Jeremy Bentham
Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of cliché and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the quirky, the achingly… — Marisha Pessl
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. — William Shakespeare
But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse — Cormac McCarthy
Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to bear it… — Sigmund Freud
By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also. — Thomas Browne
The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business of one's life is to help in some small way… — George Eliot
I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise… — Patrick O'Brian
The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered more. Pain and… — Azar Nafisi
Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a… — Libba Bray
Contemplation in the age of Auschwitz and Dachau, Solovky and Karaganda is something darker and more fearsome than contemplation in the age of the Church… — Thomas Merton
After a youth and manhood passed half in unutterable misery and half in dreary solitude, I have for the first time found what I can… — Charlotte Bronte
Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human… — Muhammad Yunus
Our stares connected and we were quiet for a long minute, united by our misery. At least he understood me and I understood him. "A… — Ilona Andrews
Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it, or else, for ever… — C.S. Lewis
Poor Oscar. Without even realizing it he'd fallen into one of those Let's Be Friends Vortexes, the bane of nerdboys everywhere. These relationships were love's… — Junot Diaz

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