Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

Okay, I thought. Here you are. You are here. And you move forward because that's the way it works; that's the only place u can… — Jennifer Weiner
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody not greatly in… — Jane Austen
Misery won't touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for nobody but you… — Edwidge Danticat
In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness… — Anne Frank
the long-distance run of an early morning makes me think that every run like this is a life- a little life, I know- but a… — Alan Sillitoe
You can trust that caring, as a rule, ends poorly,” which is true. Caring doesn’t sometimes lead to misery. It always does. — John Green
I thought if we made an album that tried to change the world, or give it hope, it would really happen. But all people found… — Gerard Way
Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother's voice took away all the grief out of the words and left me with a… — Toni Morrison
We want to be saved from our misery, but not from our sin. We want to sin without misery, just as the prodigal son wanted… — R C Sproul
Her heart began to ache, and she felt the numbness slip away. Misery welled up inside her. She clamped down on it, trying to hold… — Lili Wilkinson
I stumbled out into the courtyard to try to flee my misery, but of course we can never flee the misery that is within us. — Arthur Golden
What misery to be afraid of death. What wretchedness, to believe only in what can be proven. — Mary Oliver
I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through… — Charles Dickens
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting… — Anne Frank
It is a strange world, a sad world, a world full of miseries, and woes, and troubles; and yet when King Laugh come he make… — Bram Stoker
If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a happy time in a state of misery, it is just as… — Primo Levi
The whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply… — Emily Giffin
Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself. — Elizabeth Gilbert
The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began. — C.S. Lewis
I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery. — Craig Thompson
I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost. Then… — Saint Augustine
Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to… — Saint Augustine
To-morrow would bring its own trial with it; so would the next day, and so would the next; each its own trial, and yet the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. "What object is served by this circle of misery… — Arthur Conan Doyle
If our well-being depends upon the interaction between events in our brains and events in the world, and there are better and worse ways to… — Sam Harris

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