Bad advice Quote by Ottessa Moshfegh

“The difference between misery and happiness was the right word from her.”

— Joe Abercrombie

“such was the way with people—they loved the things that made them miserable. She”

— Nathan Hill

“...misery had her dwelling in my heart...”

— Mary Shelley

“The misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power for ever.”

— Charles Dickens

“Misery is optional.”

— Gary Paulsen

“She couldn’t stand how dark and ugly her thoughts were, how bottomless her anger and grief.”

— Kristin Hannah

“Her wish for a harmonious, organized world denied her the reckless possibilities of wrongdoing. Mayhem and destruction were too chaotic for her tastes, and…

— Ian McEwan

“misery made me unjust to you.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“She didn't use the misery of others to cultivate her own smugness, true, but at least I didn't go about eating all their food.”

— Martin Amis

“She was a failure. That's what she thought. She had come to the forest to see the world, but all she found was wretchedness.”

— Robert Beatty

“She had created her own misery. Had welcomed her own destruction. Had cast her own emotional illusions, believing in them until they became her…

— Gena Showalter

“She'd always perceived the world to be against her. Happiness was never to be trusted. And yet I thought vaguely, neither was sorrow. Didn't…

— Regina O'Melveny