Bored Quotes - Page 24

• You're bored, aren't you.' 'I need constant distraction. Shall we go?' 'Uh, aren't you supposed to delegate responsibility or something? If you're not here, who's in charge?' Skulduggery looked around and pointed to a sorcerer at the far side of the cemetery. 'He is.' 'Who is he?' 'Don't know. He looks like leadership material, though, doesn't he?' 'Does he?' 'He's wearing a hat.' 'And that means he's a leader?' 'Leaders wear hats. It's to keep the rain off while we make important decisions. He'll do fine.' 'Shouldn't you tell him that he's in charge?' 'And spoil the surprise?

  Derek Landy

  Rain, Mean, Responsibility

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• The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.

  Peter Kreeft

  Pain, Opposites, Interesting

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• Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine ― that is, activity ― which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery? It is too cold, and besides, the butts need re-covering; the rats have been at the straw. Music? To hear it is tedious; to compose it, too taxing. And so on. Of all the afflictions, boredom is ultimately the most unmanning. Eventually, it transforms you into a great nothing who does nothing ― a cousin to sloth and a brother to melancholy.

  Margaret George

  Cousin, Brother, Archery

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• He gazed amusedly down the table at Tessa. “You’re the shape-changer, aren’t you?” he said. “Magnus Bane told me about you. No mark on you at all, they say.” Tessa swallowed and looked him straight in the eye. They were discordantly human eyes, ordinary in his extraordinary face. “No. No mark.” He grinned around his fork. “I do suppose they’ve looked everywhere?” “I’m sure Will’s tried,” said Jessamine in a bored tone.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Ordinary, Shapes

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• You're fourteen years old. You've only had that hair for fourteen years and you want to change it already! How bored are you going to be with it by the time you are thirty? What color will you be up to by then?

  Louise Rennison

  Hair, Color, Years

  Louise Rennison (2013). “The Complete Fab Confessions of Georgia Nicolson:”, p.12, HarperCollins UK

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• The way she told it, she was such a criminal even the most God-fearing church ladies got bored of reporting on her; she did the marketing on Sunday, dropped by any church she liked or none at all, was a feminist (which Mrs. Asher sometimes confused with communist), a Democrat (which Mrs. Lincoln pointed out practically had "demon" in the word itself), and, worst of all, a vegetarian (which ruled out any dinner invitations from Mrs. Snow).

  Kami Garcia

  Confused, Sunday, Snow

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• We're all sinking in the same boat here. We're all bored and desperate and waiting for something to happen. Waiting for life to get better. Waiting for things to change. Waiting for that one person to finally notice us. We're all waiting. But we also need to realize that we all have the power to make those changes for ourselves.

  Susane Colasanti

  Change, Waiting, Get Better

  Susane Colasanti (2009). “Waiting For You”, p.33, Penguin

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• I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.

  Shelby Foote

  Ideas, Perfect, Tears

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• Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts.

  Peter Kreeft

  Faith, Inspiration, Heart

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• I gave him a bored look. I had been threatened many times before and had learned that the men who didn’t make verbal threats were the most dangerous.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Men, Looks, Dangerous

  Maria V. Snyder (2008). “Magic Study”, p.95, MIRA

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• I was tired and crazy and rushed, and every time I boarded a plane, I wanted the plane to crash. I envied people dying of cancer. I hated my life. I was tired and bored with my job and my furniture, and I couldn’t see any way to change things. Only end them.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Jobs, Crazy, Cancer

  "Fight Club". Book by Chuck Palahniuk, 1996.

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• Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God. If we are bored with life there is something wrong with our concept of God and His involvement in our daily lives. Even the most dull and tedious days of our lives are ordained by God and ought to be used by us to glorify Him.

  Jerry Bridges

  Important, Dull, Daily Life

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts”, p.106, Tyndale House

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• We wait. We are bored. (He throws up his hand.) No, don't protest, we are bored to death, there's no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste. Come, let's get to work! (He advances towards the heap, stops in his stride.) In an instant all will vanish and we'll be alone more, in the midst of nothingness!

  Samuel Beckett

  Hands, Waiting, Let It Go

  Samuel Beckett (2012). “The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett”, p.72, Faber & Faber

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• No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength

  Jack Kerouac

  Being Alone, Men, Boredom

  Jack Kerouac (2007). “Lonesome Traveler”, p.118, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I'm not very good at explaining things," she said. "But I think you have beautiful eyes. I love the gold in them. I love that they're different from my eyes- I see mine all the time and I'm bored with them.

  Holly Black

  Beautiful, Eye, Thinking

  Holly Black (2012). “Valiant”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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• This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Lying, Humorous, Sarcasm

  Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott McKowen (2004). “The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”, p.230, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• The only other person I have fallen in love with that way is Jesus, and I hope that goes more smoothly. I hope I remember, when I'm bored with Him, and antsy, and sick of brushing my teeth next to the same god every morning, I hope I remember not to leave Him. I am not so worried that He will leave me. The Bible, after all, is full of stories about God sticking with His Bride, no matter how stiff-necked and prideful and unfaithful she may be.

  Lauren F. Winner

  Jesus, Morning, Sick

  Lauren F. Winner (2002). “Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life”, p.27, Algonquin Books

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• I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.

  Russell T Davies

  Confused, Minutes, Seconds

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• He knew why he wanted to kiss her. Because she was beautiful. And before that, because she was kind. And before that, because she was smart and funny. Because she was exactly the right kind of smart and funny. Because he could imagine taking a long trip with her without ever getting bored. Because whenever he saw something new and interesting, or new and ridiculous, he always wondered what she'd have to say about it--how many stars she'd give it and why.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Love, Beautiful, Stars

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• Bored with the same type of misery over and over and over again.

  Greg Behrendt

  Dating, Misery, Type

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• Jack was mid-jump when I burst into my room. I snatched his ankle,flipping him horizontal.He crashed down hard to my bed and rolled off onto the floor. And laughed. "Let's do that again! But this time I'll jump even higher." "No! No,you won't! What are you going here?" He sat up on the floor and shrugged. "I was bored." "I don't care! I'm not your babysitter!" His blue eyes twinkled.Honestly, whose eyes actually twinkle? Then his face crumpled,his lower lip jutting out.He blinked his ridiculously long eyelashes at me. "I thought we were friends." "Oh,knock it off.

  Kiersten White

  Eye, Blue, Long

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• A woman who’s lived in a cage all her life. And hates it. Bored in there, aren’t you. Waiting for life to happen. And when it finally does, it steals from you what you loved most. So take back. Explode. Lash out. Blow up

  Karen Marie Moning

  Love, Hate, Blow

  Karen Marie Moning (2015). “Burned: Fever Series”, p.13, Delacorte Press

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• When Alani started to speak, Jackson held up a finger. In the past five minutes, he'd had more mood swings than a menopausal woman. First turned-on, then territorial, bored, aggressive and now on alert.

  Lori Foster

  Past, Swings, Firsts

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• You never know!” Neith snapped. “The point is, I’ll survive the apocalypse. I can live off the land!” She jabbed a finger at me. “Did you know the palm tree has six different edible parts?” “Um—” “And I’ll never be bored,” Neith continued, “since I’m also the goddess of weaving. I have enough twine for a millennium of macramé!” I had no reply, as I wasn’t sure what macramé was.

  Rick Riordan

  Land, Tree, Different

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• I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.

  Sarah Dessen

  Lonely, Matter, Cracked

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