Quotes About Discontent

The civilian world was a dull place, a tired three-piece orchestra, waiting for the word 'fun'.

Sloth is the natural result of unrewarded hard work among the poor, reason enough for them to be prickly.

In the last year or two he had not only grown indifferent to company, he had begun to find it irritating.

I'm tired of justice, ain't you?

my fur is matted, my eyes refuse to refocus, my sthondat-begotten room is too small, my microwave heater heats all meat to the same temperature, and it is the wrong temperature, and I cannot get it fixed.

They did not gather thickly any more on Silver Lake. Only a few very tired flocks settled late after sunset in the sloughs and rose to the sky again before the sun rose. Wild birds did not like the town full of people, and neither did Laura. She thought, "I would rather be out on the prairie with the grass and the birds and Pa's fiddle. Yes, even with wolves! I would rather be anywhere than in this muddy, cluttered, noisy town, crowded by strange people." And she said

What could I possibly be mad about?' The sarcasm was thick enough to eat with a spoon.

Most of his time appeared to be spent bumming cigarettes from people whose annual income was about a fifth of his own.

It doesn't matter where I go, I don't want to be there. And then I get to the next place, and I don't want to be there either.

I can't believe we have to keep playacting until I graduate. It's a shame we can't just admit that we have failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives.

Nothing. It all sounds stupid.

I wasn't sure I liked him, but I was just as happy not to like the men I worked for. It bothered me less that way if I felt I was giving them less than full value.

Is That All There Is?

I'll never wake up in a good mood again. I'm tired of these stinky boots

In sooth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me, you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn.

There is no love; There are only the various envies, all of them sad.

All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad.

I didn't know if I was unhappy. I felt too miserable to be unhappy.

Ghost towns filled with sad people who settled for what life offered them. The road unfurls before us. Everything is possible. I feel sick to my stomach.

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

You treat me like a dog and you expect me to smile? You remind me of a jackass.

In my life why do I smile at people I'd rather kick in the eye?

They are not happy out there. Take a walk today and look at how many people smile. Look at how troubled they are, unhappy, stressed out. Go through the ghetto or go through Beverly Hills.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.