Hated Quotes - Page 22

• I hated myself, but I also loved myself in a hateful way.

  Franny Billingsley

  Way, Hateful

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.177, A&C Black

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• I was always either so unreasonably and pointlessly happy that no one place could seem to contain me, or so melancholy, so sick and silly with sadness that there was no place I could stomach the thought of entering. I hated it here. And I have never been as happy as when I was here. And these two things together confront me with the beak and claws of the True.

  David Foster Wallace

  Silly, Sadness, Two

  David Foster Wallace (2004). “The Broom of the System: A Novel”, p.183, Penguin

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• When he talked his eyes went away from mine and then he forced himself to look straight at me and he began to explain and I knew that he felt very strange with me and that he hated me, and it was funny sitting there and talking like that, knowing he hated me.

  Jean Rhys

  Eye, Talking, Knowing

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• He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.

  Robert Cormier

  Night, Thinking, Long

  Robert Cormier (2013). “The Chocolate War”, p.63, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• He hated games they made the world look too simple. Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the king lounged about doing nothing. If only the pawns would've united ... the whole board could've been a republic in about a dozen moves.

  Terry Pratchett

  Kings, Moving, Simple

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• The name, his true name, was weaker and more flawed than he would have liked, and he hated himself for that, but there was also much to admire within it, and the more he thought about it, the more he was able to accept the true nature of his self. He was not the best person in the world, but neither was he the worst.

  Christopher Paolini

  Self, Names, World

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.2961, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I seem to remember even from when I was very young that when you loved someone you also hated them for making you love them, since loving someone is so incredibly humiliating.

  Lionel Shriver

  Loving Someone, Remember, Young

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• And there you see the distinction between our feelings: had he been in my place, and I in his, though I hated him with a hatred that turned my life to gall, I never would have raised a hand against him. You may look incredulous, if you please! I never would have banished him from her society as long as she desired his. The moment her regard ceased, I would have torn his heart out and drank his blood! But, till then - if you don't believe me, you don't know me - til then, I would have died by inches before I touched a single hair on his head!

  Emily Bronte

  Believe, Heart, Hair

  Emily Bronte (2015). “Wuthering Heights (Diversion Classics)”, p.171, Diversion Books

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• She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of her. That she was worth nothing. And still a look from him could make her tremble with mingled hatred and longing. It was like poison in her blood, to which Jem was the only antidote.

  Cassandra Clare

  Blood, Hatred, Poison

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• Life is easier when you can write off others as monsters, demon, as horrible threats that must be hated and feared the thing is you can't do that without becoming them, just a little.

  Jim Butcher

  Writing, Monsters, Littles

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.269, Penguin

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• Lady Maccon.” “By George, Boots! How the deuce can you possibly tell that there is Lady Maccon?” queried the other top-hated gentleman. “Who else would be standing in the middle of a street on full-moon night with a raging ruddy fire behind her, waving a parasol about?” “Good point, good point.

  Gail Carriger

  Moon, Night, Fire

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• Do you understand now why books are hated and feared? Because they reveal the pores on the face of life. The comfortable people want only the faces of the full moon, wax, faces without pores, hairless, expressionless.

  Ray Bradbury

  Book, Moon, People

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• The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didn’t know it, but the poisons on the needle had killed Azoth. He was Kylar now, and Kylar would be everything Azoth hadn’t dared to be.

  Brent Weeks

  Coward, Would Be, Poison

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• She hated their new nickname. It made them sound like deranged Barbie dolls.

  Sara Shepard

  Barbie Dolls, Sound, Nicknames

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• Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Love, Hate, People

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.69, Race Point Publishing

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• I want to make a bet with you.” Her interest perked up. “You do? About what?” Already knowing it wouldn’t go over well, Spencer braced himself. “I bet you can’t go a month without cursing.” Her chin tucked in, and her brows came down. “What does that have to do with anything?” He had no idea, except that it annoying him to hear her be so coarse. “Go a month without cursing.” He hated himself, but he said, “Every time you slip, you owe me a kiss.

  Lori Foster

  Kissing, Ideas, Knowing

  Lori Foster (2012). “A Perfect Storm”, p.24, HQN Books

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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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• Constipation was one of the things she hated most in the world, on par with despicable men who commit domestic violence and narrow-minded religious fundamentalists.

  Haruki Murakami

  Religious, Men, Domestic Violence

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• I have to figure out why I worked at a job I hated for years. I have to find out why I can’t see what everyone else sees in me. I don’t feel beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I never saw beautiful. For this to happen to someone like me, it’s devastating, Jonas. I don’t want you to think it’s vanity, it isn’t. I can’t see me and I need to be able to do that. I need to find out what I’m like and what I want. I have to be comfortable in my own skin before I can be in a relationship the way you want.

  Christine Feehan

  Beautiful, Jobs, Thinking

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• Mom actually said that?" Cassie's face shown with happiness. "She always hated my math!" "Nah," Martin said. "She was just being that way for you. She thought it was what you needed to hear. If parents told us what they really think about stuff, we could figure them out like regular people.

  Clare B. Dunkle

  Mom, Math, Thinking

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• I hated school. Hated it.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  School

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• Only those beneath me can envy or hate me. I have never been envied nor hated; I am above no one. Only those above me can praise or belittle me. I have never been praised nor belittled; I am below no one.

  Khalil Gibran

  Hate, Envy, Praise

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• What did Mira show your attacker last week? he asked, desperate to turn the attention away from himself now. Yakut shrugged. Only he can know. The girl has no knowledge of what her eyes reflect. Thank God for that. Niko hated to think of the education she might have just gotten otherwise.

  Tina St. John

  Girl, Eye, Thinking

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• She hated him and loved him, longed for him and loathed him, and cursed herself for feeling anything at all

  Rick Yancey

  Feelings, Cursed

  Rick Yancey (2011). “The Monstrumologist: The Isle of Blood”, p.296, Simon and Schuster

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• It has to be admitted that, in a sneaking way, although he hated the discomfort of seasickness, once he was over it, he enjoyed the attention and sympathy that it created among attractive young women like Evanlyn and Alyss. And he liked the fact that Will tended to walk on eggshells around him when the problem was mentioned. Keeping Will off balance was always desirable. ~Halt

  John Flanagan

  Balance, Attention, Way

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