Quotes About Discomfort

Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable; but, dear me, let us be elegant or die!

the uncomfortable appearance of a girl who was rapidly shooting up into a woman and didn't like it.

Meg's high-heeled slippers were very tight and hurt her, though she would not own it, and Jo's nineteen hairpins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable, but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.

For the first time in my life, I understand the meaning of the word swoon. And I don't like it. Swooning is dangerous, helpless, and it doesn't feel so great.

wriggled to avoid the lump that always seemed directly under

It's the cold fish dying in your stomach feeling. You try to forget about it, but as soon as you do, the fish starts flopping around under your heart and reminds you that something truly horrible is happening.

like biting down on copper foil.

Our pleasures, however refined or easily acquired, are by their very nature fleeting. They begin to subside the instant the arise, only to be replaced by fresh desires or feelings of discomfort.

It wasn't about believing this or that, it wasn't even about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the strength to bear the discomfort that came with being in the world.

Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you're believing an untrue thought

There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable.

throwing himself into a chair in a manner which implied that he would rather have flung it at the head of his host.

His eyes were teary from the wind, red-rimmed and bloodshot. His nose was running and there were tears on his windblown cheeks. She

It was comparable to getting sick from bad ventilation

She looks like a wet cat.

The band had to stay in outhouses with stone floors," Jo Jo complained. "We got the impression they had only ever been used for animals. True, they had been swept out, but I was most unhappy. . . . We had an old-fashioned bathtub, and we had to fill it with hot water from pots and pans. [Even though] I was eight months pregnant, I was never offered a wash or a bath in Paul and Linda's place.

for me, is the saddest thing about smoking: the only 'enjoyment' a smoker gets from a cigarette is temporary relief from the discomfort created by the previous one. All the smoker is looking for is the state of peace, tranquility and confidence that they had before they started smoking in the first place.

CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet—two clarionets.

The memory of that unfortunate meeting hung between them for a moment like a fart,

Why should it hurt in my neck when I go down stairs? Does my neck take my weight? Does it?

He was also becoming aware of an unpleasant smell. Damn it. I've shit myself again.

Personal change takes an intentional act of will, and it usually means that something was making us uncomfortable enough to want to do things differently. To evolve is to overcome the conditions in our life by changing something about ourselves. We

Podemos aprender y cambiar en un estado de dolor y sufrimiento, o evolucionar en un estado de felicidad e inspiración. La mayoría hacemos lo primero. Para elegir lo segundo debemos concienciarnos de que el cambio seguramente conllevará una cierta incomodidad, algunos inconvenientes, una alteración en nuestra rutina habitual y una etapa de desconocimiento.

My definition of genius, then, is to be uncomfortable and to be okay with being uncomfortable.