"Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments."

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Source : Joe Abercrombie (2009). “Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three”, p.436, Hachette UK

Joe Abercrombie

#Disappointment Quotes #Misery Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.”
“As a journalist, your job is to bear witness.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I never saw my grandfather because he had died before I was born, but I have good memories of my grandmother and of how she could play the piano at the old house.”
“We fell silent and all joking ceased. We gazed mutely into each other's eyes and an intense longing for the fullest avowal of the truth forced us to a confession, requiring no words whatever, or the incommensurable misfortune that weighed upon us. With tears and sobs we sealed a vow to belong to each other alone.”
“The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.”
“There is the natural tendency that all of us are vulnerable to, to deny unpleasant realities and to look for any excuse to push them away and resolve to think about them another day long in the future.”
“If both parties have a stake in the other, the chances of them killing each other are going to be reduced.”
“Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.”

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