#misery

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#attain #creature #great #great art #happiness

My life has run from misery to happiness. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#life #misery #my life #run

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#bring #each #end #firmly #held

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#carry #diminishing #feel #help #himself

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#bad #been #course #critical #enough

I wish I could hate you," he said. His voice was light, his mouth curved in an unconcerned half smile, his eyes sick with misery. "I want to hate you. I try to hate you. It would be so much easier if I did hate you. Sometimes I do hate you and then I see you and I... ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#misery

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-prince #infernal-devices #madness #misery #tessa-gray

A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#misery #moroseness #subconscious #humor

Stone me, what a life! ↗

— Tony Hancock

#life #misery #life

I didn't figure things out, either, you know. So if you'e an idiot, I guess that makes two of us." He seems relieved to hear me say that. I guess idiots love company. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#clara #idiots #misery-loves-company #love