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Terrible Thing Quotes (page 4)

J. K. Rowling quote: "The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible..."
The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution. J. K. Rowling
Terry Prachett quote: "He felt eyes suddenly upon him because marital telepathy is a..."
He felt eyes suddenly upon him because marital telepathy is a terrible thing Terry Prachett
Haruki Murakami quote: "What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care..."
What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously. Haruki Murakami
...it's true that some if the most terrible things in the works are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god involved. Terry Prachett
A. A. Milne quote: "It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people..."
It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all. A. A. Milne
There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that *they* must accept *you*. The really terrible thing, old buddy, is that you must accept them. And I mean that very seriously. You must accept them and accept them with love. James Baldwin
I have no will to weep or sing, No least desire to pray or curse; The loss of love is a terrible thing; They lie who say that death is worse. Countee Cullen
It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty! Victor Hugo
A consciousness of rectitude can be a terrible thing, and in those days I didn’t just think that I was right: I thought that “we” (our group of International Socialists in particular) were being damn well proved right. If you have never yourself had the experience of feeling that you are yoked to the great steam engine of history, then allow me to inform you that the conviction is a very intoxicating one. Christopher Hitchens
Frederick Buechner quote: "Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen...."
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid. Frederick Buechner
Tom Waits quote: "I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things."
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things. Tom Waits
J. K. Rowling quote: "There are much more terrible things than physical injury."
There are much more terrible things than physical injury. J. K. Rowling
For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction. Toni Morrison
Here is a list of terrible things, The jaws of sharks, a vultures wings. The rabid bite of the dogs of war, The voice of one who went before, But most of all the mirror's gaze, Which counts us out our numbered days. Clive Barker
People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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