Terrible Quotes - Page 13

• There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Art, Talent, Pursuit

  W. Somerset Maugham (2016). “Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)”, p.539, Diversion Books

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• Oddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I feel as if nature is in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul. On the other hand, when the sun appeared, the children would come out to play in the streets, and everyone was happy that it was such a lovely day, and then I would feel terrible, as if that display of exuberance in which i could not participate was somehow unfair.

  Paulo Coelho

  Children, Hands, Play

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• There are much more terrible things than physical injury.

  J. K. Rowling

  Injury, Terrible Things

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• Perhaps I will die too, she told herself, and the thought did not seem so terrible to her. If she flung herself from the window, she could put an end to her suffering, and in the years to come the singers would write songs of her grief. Her body would lie on the stones below, broken and innocent, shaming all those who had betrayed her. Sansa went so far as to cross the bedchamber and throw open the shutters ... but then her courage left her, and she ran back to her bed, sobbing.

  George R. R. Martin

  Song, Lying, Grief

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.655, Bantam

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• Love sounded terrible if it made you so weak, you couldn't survive with out it.

  Ann Aguirre

  Weak, Made, Ifs

  Ann Aguirre (2012). “Outpost”, p.11, Macmillan

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• We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world....No doubt pain as God's megaphone is a terrible instrument; it may lead to final and unrepented rebellion. But it gives the only opportunity the bad man can have for amendment. it removes the veil; it plants the flag of truth within the fortress of the rebel soul.

  C. S. Lewis

  Pain, Opportunity, Men

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• There would be nothing I could do to you that would harm you more than what you're already doing to harm yourself...You are never going to amount to anything. You will always be the worthless muck people scrape from their shoes. You only get one life and you are wasting yours. That's a terrible shame. I doubt you will ever know what it is to be truly happy, to achieve anything of worth, to have genuine pride in yourself. You bring it all on yourself, and I could do no worse to you.

  Terry Goodkind

  Pride, Shoes, People

  Terry Goodkind (2010). “Faith of the Fallen”, p.522, Macmillan

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• A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Missing, Terrible Things, Jokes

  Christopher Hitchens (2011). “Arguably”, p.37, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few paces, but already she could turn and look back and not weep. It wasn't anything to do with forgetting. It was just accepting. Nothing was ever so bad once you had accepted it.

  Rosamunde Pilcher

  Grief, Looks, Pace

  Rosamunde Pilcher (2013). “The Shell Seekers”, p.334, St. Martin's Press

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• Harold Brodie is a louse and a lothario who cheats at cards and has a different girl in his rumble seat every week. That coupe of his is pos-i-tute-ly a petting palace. And he’s a terrible kisser to boot.” Evie’s parents stared in stunned silence. “Or so I’ve heard.

  Libba Bray

  Girl, Silence, Parent

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• Evie hadn’t always felt that way. For a year after James had died, she’d cupped his half-dollar pendant between her pressed palms and prayed fervently for a miracle, for a telegram that would say GOOD NEWS! IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE, AND PRIVATE JAMES XAVIER O’NEILL HAS BEEN FOUND, SAFE, IN A FARMHOUSE IN FRANCE. But no such telegram ever arrived, and whatever possible faith might have bloomed in Evie withered and died. Now she saw it as just another advertisement for a life that belonged to a previous generation and held no meaning for hers.

  Libba Bray

  Mistake, Years, Miracle

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• Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life. To wish undone something you have done, to wish you could look back on kindness to someone you love, instead of on unkindness - that is a very terrible thing.

  Enid Blyton

  Kindness, Punishment, Wish

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• There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that *they* must accept *you*. The really terrible thing, old buddy, is that you must accept them. And I mean that very seriously. You must accept them and accept them with love.

  James A. Baldwin

  Mean, White, People

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• No," I replied testily. "I'm pretty sure 'digital' is Latin for 'fingeral,' so finger cancer equals digital cancer. This is all basic anatomy, Dr. Roland." The Dr. Roland told me that he thought I was overreacting, and the "fingeral" wasn't even a real word. Then I told him that I though he was underreacting, probably because he's embarrassed that he doesn't know how Latin works. Then he claimed that "underrecating" isn't a word either. The man has a terrible bedside manner.

  Jenny Lawson

  Real, Cancer, Latin

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• I don’t want to be a Princess,” she said finally. “You can’t make me be one.” She knew very well what became of Princesses, as Princesses often get books written about them. Either terrible things happened to them, such as kidnappings and curses and pricking fingers and getting poisoned and locked up in towers, or else they just waited around till the Prince finished with the story and got around to marrying her. Either way, September wanted nothing to do with Princessing.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Book, Princess, Want

  Catherynne M. Valente (2012). “The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There”, p.107, Macmillan

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• I was terrible in English. I couldn't stand the subject. It seemed to me ridiculous to worry about whether you spelled something wrong or not, because English spelling is just a human convention--it has nothing to do with anything real, anything from nature. Any word can be spelled just as well a different way.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Real, Worry, Different

  Richard P. Feynman (2011). “"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character”, p.30, W. W. Norton & Company

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• When I had finished the book I knew that no matter what Scott did, nor how he behaved, I must know it was like a sickness and be of any help I could to him and try to be a good friend. He had many good, good friends, more than anyone I knew. But I enlisted as one more, whether I could be of any use to him or not. If he could write a book as fine as The Great Gatsby I was sure that he could write an even better one. I did not know Zelda yet, and so I did not know the terrible odds that were against him. But we were to find them out soon enough.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Book, Writing, Good Friend

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• Sam picked up his pack, but before he could put it on, Mogget leaped onto it and slid under the top flap. All that could be seen of him were his green eyes and one white-furred ear. "Remember I advised against this way," he instructed. "Wake me when whatever terrible thing is a about to happen happens, or if it appears I might get wet.

  Garth Nix

  Eye, White, Ears

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• My God, he couldn't help thinking, how terrible it is to be that age, to have emotions so near the surface that the slightest turbulence causes them to boil over. That, very simply, was what adulthood must be all about -- acquiring the skill to bury things more deeply. Out of sight and, whenever possible, out of mind.

  Richard Russo

  Thinking, Sight, Skills

  FaceBook post by Richard Russo from Aug 17, 2014

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• One quality in a person doesn't rule out any other quality. They can exist side by side, good and terrible. Socrates said it a lot better.

  Thomas Harris

  Quality, Sides, Said

  Thomas Harris (1999). “Hannibal”

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• The real world is simply too terrible to admit. it tells man that he is a small trembling animal who will someday decay and die. Culture changes all of this,makes man seem important,vital to the universe. immortal in some ways

  Ernest Becker

  Real, Men, Animal

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• The politicized sponsors of this pseudoscientific nonsense should be ashamed to live, let alone die. If you want to take part in the “war” against cancer, and other terrible maladies, too, then join the battle against their lethal stupidity.

  Christopher Hitchens

  War, Cancer, Stupidity

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Mortality”, p.26, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• We’re all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn’t count. It’s when you want so badly to do something wrong—when you’re about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbor’s wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble—that’s when you need the rules. Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn’t wave it until you’re about to put it to the test.

  Ken Follett

  Integrity, Lying, Kissing

  Ken Follett (2011). “Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION”, p.2432, Penguin

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• There was a reason these boys were still alive, though. Something made them stronger than the other kids, the ones who had died in the early days, who had simply lain down and given up, unable to cope with the terrible things that were happening in the world. These boys were survivors. The will to live was stronger than any other feelings.

  Charlie Higson

  Kids, Boys, Feelings

  Charlie Higson (2009). “The Enemy”, p.26, Penguin UK

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• Sagas wouldn't be interesting if terrible things didn't happen to the people in them.

  Jack Campbell

  People, Interesting, Happens

  Jack Campbell (2008). “The Lost Fleet: Valiant”, p.184, Penguin

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