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May Quotes - Page 151

We are born to trouble; and we may depend upon it, whilst we live in this world, we shall have it, though with intermissions.

Laurence Sterne (1849). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself”, p.426

Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something.

"Keeping it Unreal: In the Studio with Chvrches". Interview with Laura Snapes, pitchfork.com. June 22, 2015.

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

Langston Hughes (2011). “Selected Poems of Langston Hughes”, p.122, Vintage

Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved.

L. Frank Baum (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)”, p.1952, Delphi Classics

Music will save your life, but may leave you with a life not worth saving. The characters Phonogram tends to follow are extreme cases.

"The Return of the Ultimate Music-Obsessive Comic, Phonogram". Interview with Tom Ewing, pitchfork.com. August 12, 2015.

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you.

Judith Viorst (1987). “Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.”, Fireside