#misery

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time. ↗

— John Fowles

#great #lack #misery #our #supposed

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again. ↗

— Anne Frank

#again #build #confusion #death #foundation

Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product. ↗

— Louis Mumford

#death #destruction #form #misery #mutilation

I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#afterlife #children #dangers #early #external

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. ↗

— Francis Picabia

#each #maybe #men #misery #only

It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame! ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#affairs #alone #casual #detests #enough

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full. ↗

— Boyle Roche

#centuries #cup #full #half #half full

August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#august #hollow #last #messenger #misery

We can never flee the misery that is within us. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#misery #never #us #within

Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles. ↗

— Red Skelton

#cannot #care #forming #happiness #misery