Quotes About Struggle

It's a loathsome situation in which we find ourselves.

The children had been using these spatulas as oars, but rowing a boat is very hard work, particularly if one's traveling companions are too busy bragging to help out, and Violet was trying to think of a way they might move the boat faster.

Nem értették, miért történik ez velük, de a balszerencse szempontjából egyáltalán nem számít, hogy az ember tudja-e, miért éri a baj.

Tulajdonképpen kedves ember volt, de hát ez aligha elég ebben a világban ahhoz, hogy valaki megmentsen másokat – fÅ'leg balszerencsés gyerekeket – a veszélytÅ'l.

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two--a schism or a death, a fire or a mutiny, the loss of a home or the destruction of a tea set.

Lemony Snicket

He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and

turn into a literal one.

People have done difficult things for more or less noble reasons.

It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger

I don't know if we have everything necessary to be victorious over cruelty and chaos," I said. She looked up from her typewriter and tilted her hat at me. "What is necessary?" "Cruelty and chaos," I said, and stood up.

Bizony gyakran történik ez így az életben. A barátok éppen akkor t?nnek el, amikor a legnagyobb szükség lenne rájuk; a fájdalom felhÅ'je riasztja el Å'ket szerencsétlenül jártak közelébÅ'l. Én csak azt mondhatom, hogy sohasem lennék képes így viselkedni, és bizonyos vagyok abban, hogy ti sem, akik ezt a szomorú történetet olvassátok!

Slavery was more or less brought to an end in America, although not as quickly or apologetically as it should have been, and even after slavery ended, the descendants of slaves have been treated very terribly by many people in places with much hatred and violence, which, like slavery, may someday come to an end, although not as quickly or apologetically as any decent person would like.

in a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance, it can be hard to stay true to one's philosophical and literary principles.

Excerpt from A Series of Unfortunate Events #3: The Wide Window

In a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance it can be difficult to stay true to one's philosophical and literary principles." VFD

Adiar um choro não faz sentido. Tristeza é como um crocodilo violento cercando você. Só dá para ignorá-lo enquanto ele não está devorando tudo ao seu redor

Mie? siebie nawzajem w zamÄ™cie nieszcz??liwego ?ycia to byÅ'o tak, jakby mie? ?aglówkÄ™ w zamÄ™cie huraganu.

A great man once said that right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Do you understand what that means?

Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over.

Look, everybody has a turn, Snicket. Giacomo Casanova had a turn. Marcel Duchamp had a turn. Beverly Cleary had a turn. People have done difficult things for more or less noble reasons. Your turn now.

This is a difficult trick, and most people never master it, and end up dead or uncomfortable at least once during their lives.

Lemony Snicket

It was like the growing distance I felt inside myself, between the person I wanted to be, the brave volunteer who would soon triumph against evil treachery, and the person I was, sitting in a room with damp socks and a bump on his head, turning a compass around and around in his hands. What are you doing here? I thought. What good are you? But I did not know if I was talking to the compass or the boy who was holding it.