“I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyMankindEqualConsciousConsequencePropertyMiseryEnormousInequalityLiberalismDevicesDivisionLegislators Book:The Essential Jefferson Source: The Essential Jefferson
“I've always liked reading books that contain funny lines or situations, and maybe because my work is known chiefly for its violence and misery, I made a more conscious attempt with The Heavenly Table to do that myself.” MadeBookReadingLinesSituationKnownViolenceConsciousTablesMiseryHeavenlyReading Books Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“It is what is left to him," said Will. "Do you not recall what he says to Lucie? 'If it had been possible... that you could have returned the love of the man you see before yourself- flung away, wasted, drunken, poor creature of misure as you know him to be- he would have been conscious this day and hour, in spite of his happiness, that he would bring you misery, bring you to sorrow and repetance, blight you, disgrace you, pull you down with him” IfsKnowsMenHas BeensSaidLeftHoursPoorSorrowCreaturesConsciousMiserySpiteThis DayRecallsDisgraceBlight Book:Clockwork Prince Source: Clockwork Prince
“They must take me for a fool, or even worse, a lunatic. And no wonder ,for I am so intensely conscious of my misfortune and my misery is so overwhelming that I am powerless to resist it and am being turned into stone, devoid of all knowledge or feeling.” FeelingsWonderFoolConsciousStonesMiseryMisfortunesTake MeOverwhelmingPowerlessLunatic Book:Don Quixote Source: Don Quixote
“No misery or bad situation is ever infinite or final until we make a conscious decision for it to be so. ~ Inferno” DecisionSituationConsciousInfiniteMiseryFinalsInfernoBad Situations Book:Inferno: Chronicles of Nick Source: Inferno: Chronicles of Nick