#curse

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous. ↗

— George Gissing

#curses #generous #leaves #poverty #right

That’s life for you. All the happiness you gather to yourself, it will sweep away like it’s nothing. If you ask me I don’t think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That’s enough. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#happiness #heartbreak #life #life

Love Egoist Sumire: At first, I was simply fighting the image others forced on me. It's true that it's kind of fun to curse people behind their backs, but... I know it's not nice and it makes me feel depressed afterward. ↗

— Bisco Hatori

#fight #image #love #oura #love

Pandora's Box could not be unopened, no one could return to Eden. ↗

— Selena Kitt

#destiny #disillusionment #doom #doomed #eden

Shit happens. But so does magic." ~ Celia Wird, SEALED WITH A CURSE: A Weird Girls Novel ↗

— Cecy Robson

#sealed-with-a-curse #the-weird-girls #urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#constitute #curse #day #economic #economic growth

Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#cursed #dies #done #evil #him

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#between #blessed #both #communication #cursed

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#boon #curse #internet #teenagers

All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle. ↗

— John Hersey

#clock #cursed #general #hulk #looking