Troubled Quotes

393 Troubled quotes by 337 unique authors

Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lead at the BookWorld Awards seventy-seven… — Jasper Fforde
Little Montenegro! He lifted up the words and nodded at them-with his smile. The smile comprehended Montenegro’s troubled history and sympathized with the brave struggles… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
If the story-tellers could ha' got decency and good morals from true stories, who'd have troubled to invent parables? — Thomas Hardy
A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance,… — Ronald Reagan
This book will prove the following ten facts: 1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there. 2. Pigs have… — Diana Wynne Jones
Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally. — Brandon Sanderson
A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these… — Jostein Gaarder
Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It’s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure as love, except… — John Dufresne
As long as you have not grasped that you have to die to grow, you are a troubled guest on the dark earth". — Mircea Eliade
Please," said Lirael..."I think I would like to work in this Library." "The Library," repeated Sanar, looking troubled. "That can be dangerous to a girl… — Garth Nix
When thou are not pleased, beloved, Then my heart is sad and darkened, As the shining river darkens When the clouds drop shadows on it!… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
California is a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of Chekhovian loss meet in uneasy suspension; in which the mind is troubled… — Joan Didion
Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and… — Walter Scott
Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect of activities not… — Bertrand Russell
My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school… — Rick Riordan
What is it that sometimes speaks in the soul so calmly, so clearly, that its earthly time is short? Is it the secret instinct of… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Vaguely, as when you are studying a foreign language and read a page which at first you can make nothing of, till a word or… — W. Somerset Maugham
no one wanted to look at the common evils of society. Very few were willing to put aside their own pursuit of happiness long enough… — Ted Dekker
Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because,… — Bill Hicks
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere... — Emily Bronte
It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities. — Naguib Mahfouz
The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The doctor seemed especially troubled by the fact of the robbery having been unexpected, and attempted in the night-time; as if it were the established… — Charles Dickens
I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, " he explained. "I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot… — Arthur Golden
Janie: Did you ever sell drugs? Cabel: Yes. Pot. Ninth and tenth grade. I was, uh...rather troubled back then. Janie: Why did you stop? Cabel:… — Lisa McMann

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