Worst Things Quotes - Page 5

• Getting laid off was one of the worst things that ever happened to me. But it led to the best results.

  Tom Smallwood

  Optimistic, Results, Worst

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• The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Girl, Boys, Affair

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• What did you do when the worst thing that could happen to you had already happened - how did you live life then? You had to hand it to Theo Wyre, just carrying on living required a strength and courage that most people didn't have.

  Kate Atkinson

  Live Life, Hands, People

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• Dangerous? Do you remember what Xavier's power is? Teleportation. Limited Teleportation, They guy can move about 10 feet. Worst thing he could do to me? Poke me in the eyes, and go "Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk" and Zip away before I can smack him," - Elena

  Kelley Armstrong

  Moving, Eye, Feet

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• The worst thing you can be is a liar. . . . Okay, fine, yes, the worst thing you can be is a Nazi, but then number two is liar. Nazi one, liar two.

  Justin Halpern

  Liars, Two, Numbers

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• Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be.

  Jennifer Weiner

  Thinking, Grieving, Sometimes

  Jennifer Weiner (2010). “Fly Away Home: A Novel”, p.368, Simon and Schuster

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• You know what the worst thing I can imagine is? Simon had said. Not trusting someone I love.

  Cassandra Clare

  Imagine, Said, Not Trusting

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.682, Simon and Schuster

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• Happiness and beauty are the worst things you can have in a life, because you never forget them. They go on and on ambushing you, presumably until you die.

  M. John Harrison

  Goes On, Never Forget, Worst

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• The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.

  Mary Balogh

  Lonely, Loneliness, Faces

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• And often the worst thing wasn't the victims--they were dead, after all, and beyond any more pain. The worst thing was those who loved them and survived them. Often the walking dead from now on, shell-shocked, hearts ruptured, stumbling through the remainder of their lives without anything left inside of them but blood and organs, impervious to pain, having learned nothing except that the worst things did, in fact, sometimes happen. (Mystic River)

  Dennis Lehane

  Pain, Heart, Blood

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• Vishous screamed. The only thing that was louder was the pop as the hip was relocated, as it were. And the last thing he saw before he checked out of the Conscious Inn & Suites was Jane's head whipping around in a panic. In her eyes was stark terror, as if the single worst thing that she could imagine was him in agony... And that was when he knew that he still loved her.

  J.R. Ward

  Eye, Agony, Panic

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• You think that their dying is the worst thing that could happen. Then they stay dead.

  Donald Hall

  Thinking, Dying, Worst

  Donald Hall (2007). “White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-2006”, p.380, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It's the worst thing to fall in love with someone who will never stop disappointing you.

  Emily Giffin

  Falling In Love, Disappointing, Worst

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• Oh my lovely princess,"Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them." -Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

  Brandon Sanderson

  Princess, Mean, People

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• Here is one of the worst things about having someone you love die: It happens again every single morning.

  Anna Quindlen

  Morning, Someone You Love, Worst

  Anna Quindlen (2013). “Every Last One and Rise and Shine: Two Bestselling Novels”, p.229, Random House

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• For the worst things of our lives, it is sometimes the best way, to never speak of them again.

  James Frey

  Way, Sometimes, Speak

  James Frey (2011). “The Final Testament”, p.41, Hachette UK

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• There is, though, nothing that prepares us for the worst things in our life. There is nothing you can do to stop the shock, or buffer the pain.

  James Frey

  Pain, Shock, Worst

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• In the face of all that is so wrong with the world, the very worst thing you can do is survive. And yet you must survive. It is this dilemma that makes us believe and cling to the lie that we have a soul, and that there is a God who cares about its fate.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Lying, Believe, Fate

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.86, Macmillan

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• ... if you're someone who knows the worst thing can happen at any time, aren't you also someone who knows the best thing can happen at any time too?

  Jandy Nelson

  Worst, Best Things, Happens

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.88, Penguin

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• That was the problem with loving people: it made you weak. It made you need them. It made the thought of not having them the worst thing in the world.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  People, Needs, World

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2010). “Flirt: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.27, Penguin

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• The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Liberty, Causes, Worst

  "Economic sophisms". Book by Frederic Bastiat, 1845.

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• One of the worst things about breaking the law is that it puts one at odds with an indeterminate number of other people. This is among the many corrosive effects of having unjust laws: They tempt peaceful and (otherwise) honest people to lie so as to avoid being punished for behavior that is ethically blameless.

  Sam Harris

  Lying, Odds, Law

  Sam Harris (2013). “Lying”, p.33, Four Elephants Press

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• Western parents worry a lot about their children's self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem is to let them give up. On the flip side, there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

  Amy Chua

  Children, Giving Up, Self Esteem

  Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.17, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• We’re the worst thing because for us the worst thing is the best thing. And it’s only the best thing for us if it’s the worst thing for someone else.

  Glen Duncan

  Worst, Best Things, Ifs

  Glen Duncan (2011). “The Last Werewolf (The Last Werewolf 1)”, p.208, Canongate Books

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• Lust is not the worst thing. It is because any day, any time, lust may turn into love that we have to avoid it. And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed.

  Graham Greene

  Lust, May, Sin

  Graham Greene (1982). “The power and the glory”, Viking Pr

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