Troubling Quotes

122 Troubling quotes by 115 unique authors

The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The last instance of a thing takes the class… — Cormac McCarthy
Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as… — Marcus Aurelius
Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes… — Martin Luther
I know that as a very young child, I was afraid of death. Many children become aware of the notion of death early and it… — Charlie Kaufman
Human life--that appeared to him the one thing worth investigating. Compared to it there was nothing else of any value. It was true that as… — Oscar Wilde
I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which… — Thomas Jefferson
We should always aim to read something different=not only the writers with whom we agree, but those with whom we are ready to do battle.… — J. Oswald Sanders
I love you, too." But this hopeful farewell does little to bring peace of mind, even now. Loving you has never been the problem. What's… — Megan McCafferty
She was the temptress who had ensnared the first man, and who still continued her work at damnation; she was the being who is feeble,… — Guy de Maupassant
She looked down again and I was stymied. I sat. Oh, this was enough to make me love her, because I was right with her,… — Steve Martin
It was strange, I reflected.. that even in the weirdest circumstances, the most troubling episodes of one's life, the greatest divides from home and familiarity,… — Elizabeth Kostova
The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice. Yet had I… — H.G. Wells
It is when suffering finds a voice and sets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us. — H.G. Wells
No; for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of the as others do, I am always troubling my head about how I… — Anne Bronte
To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because… — David Mitchell
It was troubling that one of the few people she trusted was a man she spent so much time avoiding — Steig Larsson
THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her. Depart, before… — Emily Dickinson
No, my dog used to gaze at me, paying me the attention I need, the attention required to make a vain person like me understand… — Pablo Neruda
Everybody feels safe belonging not to the excluded minority but to the excluding majority. You think, Oh, I’m glad that’s not me. It’s basically the… — Haruki Murakami
I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories. This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into being, but left… — Clive Barker
It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.' 'And… — Haruki Murakami
Thou cannot harm a butterfly, without troubling a star. — Madeleine L'Engle
Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed,… — Elif Safak
As I walked back to civilization, I realized that for the first time in the six months I had known Curran, we had managed to… — Ilona Andrews
It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a difficult… — George W. S. Trow

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