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Misfortune Quotes (page 11)

Franz Kafka quote: "What we need are books that hit us like a painful misfortune...."
What we need are books that hit us like a painful misfortune. A book should be an ice-axe to break the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "There's no greater misfortune than dying alone."
There's no greater misfortune than dying alone. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Jules Verne quote: "It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must..."
It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason. Jules Verne
I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It is my misfortune. Think of me what you will, but beware of me in time, for against my will I may do you harm. Louisa May Alcott
Bertrand Russell quote: "It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to..."
It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone's malignity. Bertrand Russell
Michel de Montaigne quote: "No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense? the only misfortune..."
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense? the only misfortune is to do it solemnly. Michel de Montaigne
Victor Hugo quote: "The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just..."
The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God. Victor Hugo
People cling to their rotten memories, to all their misfortunes, and you can't pry them loose. These things keep them busy. They avenge themselves for the injustice of the present by smearing the future inside them with this shit. They're cowards deep down, and just. That's their nature. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Albert Camus quote: "Happiness is often only a pity for one's own misfortune."
Happiness is often only a pity for one's own misfortune. Albert Camus
I suppose once you've been accused of being a witch, you're never really safe. People may blame all sorts of accidents and misfortunes on you. Hugh Lofting
Of course, they didn't give names or dates, they spoke in what might be called abstract terms, but despite the seemingly detached presentation of their misfortunes, the conversation and the walk only sank deeper into a state of melancholy, to such a degree that after two hours they both felt as if they were suffocating. Roberto Bolano
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity in misfortune and peace of mind among worries. A life confined to what is personal is likely, sooner or later, to become unbearably painful; it is only by windows into a larger and less fretful cosmos that the more tragic parts of life become endurable. Bertrand Russell
There are no moments more painful for a parent than those in which you contemplate your child's perfect innocence of some imminent pain, misfortune, or sorrow. That innocence (like every kind of innocence children have) is rooted in their trust of you, one that you will shortly be obliged to betray; whether it is fair or not, whether you can help it or not, you are always the ultimate guarantor or destroyer of that innocence. Michael Chabon
Without question, the notion of the doctor as a legitimate fee-for-service entrepreneur, making his fortune from misfortunes of is patients, is old-fashioned, distasteful, and doomed. Michael Crichton
My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast. Ludwig van Beethoven

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