Alienation Quote by Ivan Turgenev

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid…

— Bryant H. McGill

Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?

— Adelaide Anne Procter

Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.

— Ivan Turgenev

It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.

— Peter Krause

“It sounds trite, but only because words make everything true sound trite. Because words always screw up what you're trying to say.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop. The familiar grows dull…

— Anais Nin

It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.

— Lord Chesterfield

“When I thought of how I’d been living, how I’d been approaching life, it was all so trite, so miserably pointless. Unimaginative middle-class rubbish,…

— Haruki Murakami

And in any case, to the old man, when the world becomes trite, the triteness arises not so much from a cessation as from…

— Alexander Smith

“He was trying to do contrite, which is a combination of con and trite .”

— Andy Hamilton

In a popular medium, you're going to get loads of stuff that is trite, but there'll also be some really special moments.

— Kate Bush

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

— Rebecca Hall