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aef99ea "Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '. relationships depression morality happiness depression-humor the-key-to-happiness oscar-wilde marriage-advice sins self-pity narcissism self-improvement pride vice self-help sin Stephen Fry
87d9723 I'm rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain. Not never havin no buddy to go on with or tell me where we's comin from or goin to or why. I'm tired of people bein ugly to each other. It feels like pieces of glass in my head. I'm tired of all the times I've wanted to help and couldn't. I'm tired of bein in the dark. Mostly it's the pain. There's too much. If I could end it, I would. But I can't. suffering john-coffey sins Stephen King
b365fba I'll Die For Your Sins If You Live For mine. sins Jim Carroll
48afa7d Love covers a multitude of sins... love louisa-may-alcott sins Louisa May Alcott
7cfd20c Tell 'em to God. Don' go burdenin' other people with your sins. That ain't decent. sins John Steinbeck
fdb17db Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally. sins human-nature Isabel Allende
84ef879 There are the girls we love, the men we look up to, the tenderness, the friendships, the opportunities, the pleasures! But the fact remains that you must touch your reward with clean hands, lest it turn to dead leaves, to thorns, in your grasp. grief futility depression hope dark-history falling-short haunted-past smoke-in-the-eyes why-the-world-needs-jesus unrest pointlessness bittersweet-memories sins heartache vanity disappointment expectations despair regrets nostalgia Joseph Conrad
5960253 From 15 to 18 is an age at which one is very sensitive to the sins of others, as I know from recollections of myself. At that age you don't look for what is hidden. It is a sign of maturity not to be scandalized and to try to find explanations in charity. explanations-in-charity sign-of-maturity scandal sins charity maturity hidden Flannery O'Connor
2e6cc27 Eccentrics with unseeing eyes glided through, savouring amid so much society their own particular loneliness and private sins and sorrows. loneliness eccentrics the-green-knight iris-murdoch sins sorrows society Iris Murdoch
af11054 "Values aren't buses," she said shortly. "They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are. And I'd rather be touchy-feely than morally bankrupt." morality sinning sins morals values Jennifer Crusie
4a86eb0 Istedigi zaman gozyaslarini icine akitip gulumseyebilme yetenegine sahip olmustu.Bu yuzden de gozyaslarinin gercek olup olmadigini o da anlamiyordu. Oscar'li bir oyuncu gibiydi. oscar sloth sins smile tears Robin Wasserman
b55d612 In the end, the British sacrificed her Empire to stop the Germans, Japanese and Italians from keeping theirs. Did not that sacrifice alone expunge all the Empire's other sins? sins Niall Ferguson