Terrible Quotes - Page 16
The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)
The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself.
Marie Bashkirtseff (1919). “Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884”
I hated it. I hated this. I hated feeling so terrible because of someone else.
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.300, Scholastic Inc.
Maggie O'Farrell (2008). “The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox”, p.151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Why isn't life better designed so it warns you when terrible things are about to happen?
Maggie O'Farrell (2009). “After You'd Gone”, p.18, Hachette UK
Madeleine L'Engle (2017). “The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention”, p.10, Open Road Media
Secrets are generally terrible. Beauty is not often hidden — only ugliness and deformity.
"Emily Climbs".
Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.188, Vintage
Laini Taylor (2009). “Lips Touch: Three Times”, p.139, Scholastic Inc.