Upset Quotes - Page 17

• You could put your confusion and upset and worries into whatever book you were reading. You could sort of set them down in there, and you could come out with your head on a little straighter. I don't why stories worked that way, but they did.

  Deb Caletti

  Book, Reading, Confusion

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• He doesn’t just look upset—he looks newly blind. There is such loss in his eyes, and it permeates every other part of his body.

  David Levithan

  Eye, Loss, Looks

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.160, Egmont UK

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• You said your cousin was a necromancer. You know how the natural necromancers operate?" They twisted the head off your favorite doll, stuffed a dead bird into it, and made it walk around. And then they were puzzled why you got upset.

  Ilona Andrews

  Cousin, Bird, Dolls

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Bayou Moon”, p.82, NYLA

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• I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesn’t feel too upset about the prospect of a weekend spent seeing no one, and reading good books on the couch. It wasn’t like I was a people hater or anything. I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish. I always thought I would be happy without them.

  Jim Butcher

  Book, Reading, Mean

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• For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic. People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world. Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional. The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

  Albert Ellis

  Art, Real, Self Esteem

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• Billy covered his head with his blanket. He always covered his head when his mother came to see him in the mental ward - always got much sicker until she went away. It wasn’t that she was ugly, or had bad breath or a bad personality. She was a perfectly nice, standard-issue, brown-haired, white woman with a high school education. She upset Billy simply by being his mother. She made him feel embarrassed and ungrateful and weak because she had gone through so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn’t really like life at all.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Mother, Nice, School

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• Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If he were a man, you wouldn't dare stoop over. His idea of thigh-slapper would be to dump you out of bed — or put itch powder in pressure suit.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Children, Men, Phones

  Robert A Heinlein (1966). “Moon Is Harsh Mistres”, Berkley

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• We left. We did not say: Don't drive, You're drunk. We did not say: We aren't letting you in that car when you are upset. We did not say: We insist on going with you. We did not say: This can wait until tomorrow. Anything-everything-can wait.

  John Green

  Drunk, Car, Waiting

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.101, Penguin

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• Everything is your fault. You made me fall in love with you, and now I'm so upset I can't think or sleep or eat.

  Julie Garwood

  Falling In Love, Love You, Sleep

  Julie Garwood (2010). “The Clayborne Brides: One Pink Rose, One White Rose, One Red Rose”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• always thought of myself as a loving person. But she was right. I had been a fair-weather friend. As long as she was happy and nice, I loved back. But if she was unhappy or upset, I would feel blamed and then argue or distance myself

  John Gray

  Nice, Distance, Weather

  John Gray (2012). “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships”, p.2, HarperCollins UK

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• The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right, White as a knuckle and terribly upset. It drags the sea after it like a dark crime; it is quiet With the O-gape of complete despair. I live here.

  Sylvia Plath

  Dark, Moon, Doors

  Sylvia Plath (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.153, Faber & Faber

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• On the bed, Eugenides stirred restlessly. "Upset at the sight of blood?" he said. "Not my wife, Ornon." "Your blood," the ambassador pointed out. Eugenides glanced at the hook on his arm and conceded the point. "Yes," he said. He seemed lost in memory. The room was quiet.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Memories, Sight, Blood

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• I was so tired of her getting upset for no reason. The way she would get sulky and make references to the freaking oppressive nature of tragedy or whatever but then never said what was wrong, never have any goddamned reason to be sad. And I just think you ought to have a reason. My girlfriend dumped me, so I'm sad. I got caught smoking, so I'm pissed off. My head hurts, so I'm cranky. She never had a reason, Pudge. I was just so tired of putting up with her drama. And I just let her go. Christ.

  John Green

  Girlfriend, Hurt, Drama

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• I hated myself for needing him at such times, for craving his strength whenever I felt upset.

  Kathy Reichs

  Hated, Craving, Felt

  Kathy Reichs (2015). “Deja Dead: A Novel”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh, that,' said Ginny, giggling. 'Well-Percy's got a girlfriend.' Fred dropped a stack of books on George's head. 'What?' 'It's that Ravenclaw prefect, Penelope Clearwater,' said Ginny. 'That's who he was writing to all last summer. He's been meeting her all over the school in secret. I walked in on them kissing in an empty classroom one day. He was so upset when she was-you know-attacked. You won't tease him, will you?' she added anxiously. 'Wouldn't dream of it,' said Fred, who was looking like his birthday had come early.

  J. K. Rowling

  Summer, Dream, Girlfriend

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• Hagrid howled still more loudly. Harry and Hermione looked at Ron to help them. 'Er-shall I make a cup of tea?' said Ron. Harry stared at him. 'It's what my mum does whenever someone's upset,' Ron muttered, shrugging.

  J. K. Rowling

  Tea, Doe, Cups

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• That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they do, you notice.

  Sarah Dessen

  Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.17, Penguin

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• My chest tightens: seeing him so upset breaks my own heart. 'Don't you ever wish you could make that bit go away?" I say, feeling angry at the past. 'That you could erase those painful memories, forget they every happened, just remember the happy times you had together?' 'You must never say that,' he reprimands sternly. 'But why not?' I look at him in surprise. 'Because it's the bad memories that makes you appreciate the good ones. Don't ever wish them away. it's like your nan always used to say, "You need both the sun and the rain to make a rainbow".

  Alexandra Potter

  Memories, Rain, Heart

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• I don't want you to go," Sam said. She was upset. "I don't want this to end like this." "You don't get to choose," Lincoln said. "It's just happening.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Want, Ends, Said

  Rainbow Rowell (2011). “Attachments”, p.110, Hachette UK

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• Merlin's pants!" shrieked Hermione, jumping up and running from the room. "Merlin's pants?" repeated Ron, looking amused. "She must be really upset.

  J. K. Rowling

  Running, Jumping, Pants

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• Forgive, I hope you won't be upset, but when I was a boy I used to look up and see you behind your desk, so near but far away, and, how can I say this, I used to think that you were Mrs. God, and that the library was a whole world, and that no matter what part of the world or what people or thing I wanted to see and read, you'd find and give it to me.

  Ray Bradbury

  Boys, Thinking, Giving

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• It feels like a punch. Tears fill my eyes, and I wonder how I could be upset over losing something I never had.

  Jodi Picoult

  Eye, Tears, Losing

  Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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• The only path by which another person can upset you is through your own thought.

  Joseph Murphy

  Path, Subconscious Mind, Persons

  Joseph Murphy, General Press (2016). “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind”, p.122, GENERAL PRESS

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• I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me.

  Jojo Moyes

  Pain, Good Life, Grief

  Jojo Moyes (2012). “Me Before You: A Novel”, p.367, Penguin

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• We live in a time of fear," Skulduggery said, "where we're too scared of upsetting the status quo to ask the questions we need to be asking.

  Derek Landy

  Needs, Asking, Scared

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