When Things Quotes
644 quotes by 521 authors
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Later - when things happened that they could never have imagined - she wrote him a letter that said: When will you learn that there…
— Nicole Krauss
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When things get unbearable, I wrap myself into a tight ball and shut my eyes. Every muscle in my body is tense. I open my…
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
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People die of broken hearts. They have heart attacks. And it's the heart that hurts most when things go wrong and fall apart.
— Markus Zusak
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He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afraid, or when…
— Oscar Wilde
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It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Because sometimes when things are going really well, we find the one thing we're pretending we're not looking for.
— Susan Mallery
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God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow, Teach me how to wait on You when my way I do not know.…
— Helen Steiner Rice
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You know when things are bad when you feel guilty for being rude to vampires. Jacob B. Ch.14
— Stephenie Meyer
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He never gives up on who I am or who I could be. He doesn't run away when things get complicated.
— Susane Colasanti
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It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well…
— Pema Chodron
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A wise man once said that we can't make anyone feel or do anything. We can throw things into the wind, but it's up to…
— Jonathan Maberry
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A man may be accused of cowardice for fleeing away from all manner of physical dangers but when things supernatural, insubstantial and inexplicable threaten not…
— Susan Hill
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Why are they doing that?†his mother said, frowning at her grandsons. The boys were sorting the casserole into piles on their plates. “Doing what? 
— Rainbow Rowell
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And now that its ruby eyes are set into the gold, you cannot see their tear-shape, so they seem to be laughing rather than crying.…
— Cressida Cowell
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After all, when we were children, when things went wrong, there wasn’t much we could do to help put it right. But now we’re adults,…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.
— John Berendt
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True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.
— Charles Bukowski
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-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longerâ€, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.
— Epictetus
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Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. [...] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted. I try to…
— Suzanne Collins
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its not in my nature to go down without a fight even when things seem insurmountable
— Suzanne Collins
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