Terrible Things Quotes

140 Terrible Things quotes by 131 unique authors

Unhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair at bay. All you have to do is accept them...go around them...take… — Geraldine McCaughrean
Zach found himself remembering something he'd heard Soledad and Leo saying the previous night, about healing. That it was mysterious. That it took time. And… — Nancy Werlin
The most terrible things men do, they do in the name of love."— Madame Dorothea — Cassandra Clare
Easy to see that naught save sorrow could bring a man to such a view of things. And yet a sorrow for which there can… — Cormac McCarthy
There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened. — Michel de Montaigne
Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether… — Nicholas Sparks
... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones. — Mercedes Lackey
You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were… — J. Michael Straczynski
Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you. — Chuck Palahniuk
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been… — Frederick Buechner
There is a kind of crying I hope you have not experienced, and it is not just crying about something terrible that has happened, but… — Daniel Handler
Why isn't life better designed so it warns you when terrible things are about to happen? — Maggie O'Farrell
But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started doing the usual… — Terry Pratchett
There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many scary stories. (Note… — Patrick Carman
The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that… — Iain Pears
And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me? — Jeff Lindsay
I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that… — Terry Pratchett
Life is not easy and comfortable, with nothing ever going wrong as long as you buy the right product. It's not true that if you… — Madeleine L'Engle
I must be overtired', Buttercup managed. 'The excitement and all.' 'Rest then', her mother cautioned. 'Terrible things can happen when you're overtired. I was overtired… — William Goldman
Sometimes people say terrible things when they're scared. They don't mean to, but they can't help it. They lash out because if they can see… — Jonathan Maberry
Then there were things-- epic, terrible things-- that he didn't tell her but skirted around, like caressing the edges of a wound, hesitant, testing for… — Laini Taylor
The funny thing about good people—people like Daneca—is that they really honestly don’t get the impulse toward evil. They have an incredibly hard time reconciling… — Holly Black
There’s something about her—Cassel, I have met many evil men and women in my life. I have made deals with them, drank with them. I… — Holly Black
I do trust you, is what I want to say. But it isn't true -- I didn't trust him to love me despite the terrible… — Veronica Roth
There are much more terrible things than physical injury. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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