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• You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Life, Thinking, Awful

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• The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.

  John Green

  Hipster, Towns, Middle

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.236, A&C Black

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• In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the philosophical question may easily be unfair; disposing of it by means of another question is not.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Mean

  Garth Hallett, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1977). “A companion to Wittgenstein's "Philosophical investigations"”, Cornell Univ Pr

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• In one was, I suppose, I have been "in denial" for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light. But for precisely this reason, I can't see myself smiting my brow with shock or hear myself whining about how it's all so unfair: I have been taunting the Reaper into taking a free scythe in my direction and have now succumbed to something so predictable and banal that it bores even me.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Light, Giving, Lovely

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Mortality”, p.13, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad even with the passing of time, yet happy ones could never be recreated - not with the same joy. Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.

  Rohinton Mistry

  Pain, Memories, Sadness

  Rohinton Mistry (2008). “A Fine Balance”, p.337, Faber & Faber

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• And Poppy, remember that someday you will meet a frog who will turn into a handsome prince." "Good," Beatrix said. "Because all she's met so far are princes who turn into frogs." "Mr. Bayning is not a frog," Poppy protested. "You're right," Beatrix said. "That was very unfair to frogs, who are lovely creatures.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Lovely, Handsome, Frogs

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• it is so unfair that he lives in ohio, because that should be close enough, but since neither of us drives and neither of us would ever in a million years say, 'hey, mom, do you want to drive me across indiana to see a boy?,' we're kind of stuck.

  David Levithan

  Mom, Boys, Ohio

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.22, Penguin

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• To say anything negative about Stephen Hawking is like bullying a blind man. He has an unfair disadvantage, and that gives him a free pass on some of his absurd ideas.

  Kirk Cameron

  Bullying, Men, Ideas

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• So what are we supposed to do again, when we hate everything? You stop pretending life is such fun or makes sense. It's often messy and cruel and dull, and we do the best we can. It's unfair, and jerks seem to win. But you fall in love with a few people. Like I love you, Elizabeth. You're the angel God sent me.

  Anne Lamott

  Falling In Love, Fun, Hate

  Anne Lamott (2010). “Imperfect Birds: A Novel”, p.14, Penguin

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• One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.

  Linda Blair

  Kids, Thinking, People

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• I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish.

  Fred Melamed

  Strong, Jewish Tradition, Keeping Your Mouth Shut

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• Of course life frightens me sometimes. I don't happen to take that as the premise for everything else though. I'm going to give it hundred percent and go as far as I can. I'll take what I want and leave what I don't want. That's how I intend to live my life, and it things go bad, I'll stop and reconsider at that point. If you think about it, an unfair society is a society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit.

  Haruki Murakami

  Thinking, Giving, Want

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Mar 15, 2016

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• If the evolutionary mechanism of natural selection depends on death, destruction, and violence of the strong against the weak, then these things are perfectly natural. On what basis, then, does the atheist judge the natural world to be horribly wrong, unfair, and unjust?

  Timothy Keller

  Strong, Atheist, Judging

  Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.45, Penguin

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• Underneath me, Sam Grest - who'd been my friend and saved my life - lay perfectly still and slipped further and further into the final sleep of an unfair and horrible death.

  Darren Shan

  Sleep, Finals, Horrible

  Darren Shan (2007). “Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan”

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• The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.

  Jeff Cooper

  Eye, Gun, Choices

  "Guns & Ammo" Magazine, January 2002.

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• It seemed cruelly unfair to me, even then, how fast your life can change before you have an opportunity to rethink your choices. We should get second chances on the big stuff. We should come equipped with erasers attached to the tops of our heads. Like pencils. We should be able to flip over and scribble away mistakes, at least once or twice during the duration of our existence, especially in matters of life and death.

  Tiffanie DeBartolo

  Mistake, Opportunity, Second Chance

  Tiffanie DeBartolo (2002). “God Shaped Hole: A Novel”, p.101, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• As hard as it was, as terrible and unfair as the way things turned out, i wouldn't have traded the few days i spent with him for anything

  Nicholas Sparks

  Way, Terrible, Hard

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• Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons of equal achievements who get none. When one man gets a place in the sun, the others are put in a denser shade. From the point of view of the whole group there's no gain whatsoever, and perhaps a loss.

  B. F. Skinner

  Loss, Men, Views

  B. F. Skinner (1974). “Walden Two”, p.156, Hackett Publishing

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• I tried to reassure him with every line about how the world is hard and unfair sometimes, but that it's all OK because he is so loved. He is surrounded by souls who would do anything to help him. And not only that--he has wisdom and patience of his own, buried deep inside his being, which will only reveal themselves over time and will always carry him through any trial. He is a gift from God to all of us.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Soul, World, Lines

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.161, A&C Black

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• It's probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are.

  Victoria Moran

  Self Esteem, People, Essentials

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• Kyo: Of course, I'll beat YOU, too! Yuki: Don't you ever get tired of saying that? Kyo: Beating you is my vocation! It's my goal in life! Yuki: It's so unfair that I keep having to take abuse just because you can't meet your goals. Kyo: THAT CONDESCENDING ATTITUDE OF YOURS REALLY PISSES ME OFF! Yuki: And that revolting thought process of yours pisses me off.

  Natsuki Takaya

  Attitude, Tired, Goal

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• How could someone possibly be that beautiful? She wondered for the hundred thousandth time. What higher power orchestrated such a perfect union of genes? Who decided that one single solitary soul deserved skin like that? It was so fundamentally unfair.(Chasing Harry Winston)

  Lauren Weisberger

  Beautiful, Perfect, Soul

  Lauren Weisberger (2009). “Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is

  Neil Gaiman

  Fairs

  Neil Gaiman (2009). “The Graveyard Book”, p.39, A&C Black

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• Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.

  Oscar Wilde

  Monsters, Mets, Cases

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• That was so completely unfair that I told Tantalus to go chase a donut, which didn't help his mood.

  Rick Riordan

  Helping, Mood, Donuts

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