Quotes of: Troubled Keyword

It was strange, I reflected.. that even in the weirdest circumstances, the most troubling episodes of one's life, the greatest divides from home and familiarity, there were these moments of undeniable joy.

The Historian

Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

One day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.

I Shall Wear Midnight

Man was designed in a way in which he must eat in order to give him a solid reason to go to work everyday. This helps to keep him out of trouble. God is wise.

Killosophy

The trouble with poetry is it's often written to the sound of a drum only the poet may hear; nonetheless, blessed are those poets who always manage to find unshakeable pleasure in their own works.

Killosophy

I wouldn't want to get you into trouble." Gordon hesitated still... Maddie laughed carelessly. "Wouldn't be the first time. Probably wouldn't be the last.

The Royal Ranger

If Mark really had managed to acquire some information about the Mogodorians, and if doing so had gotten him into some kind of trouble, then we needed to help him

The Revenge of Seven

... knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward.

The Rithmatist

The trouble is Indians aren't used to being prosperous. We are more comfortable dealing with poverty- after all, poverty has been the staple here, and has been for many centuries.

Superstar India

Being powerful means shifting our minds away from our troubles and into solution-thinking.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

And besides, the thing about committing yourself to a lie is that mostly you end up in twice the trouble, 'cause truth is like a whirlwind and you can't keep it in a box.

Melusine

Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet?

The Map of Time

Who says you only get one? If you're lucky, you will meet The One, The Two, The Three.....and so on. Nesta

Mates, Dates, and Tempting Trouble

Later it would occur to him that a new life - to be a new man - would require him to take chances, to act on whim

New Man, New Troubles

You are the reason why he exists on this earth. You don't have the right to abandon him just because he's inconvenient or has trouble in school.

Next

That's the trouble with cookbooks. Like sex education and nuclear physics, they are founded on an illusion. They bespeak order, but they end in tears.

Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker

We make so many of our own troubles, from mere mishaps to disasters, by dwelling on the possibility of them until the possible becomes inevitable.

Odd Apocalypse

To take Christ into our well-ordered, well-kept lives is in many ways to ask for trouble, for he will not leave well enough alone.

Leaving Religion, Following Jesus

Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.

Lords and Ladies

All this hurrying from place to place won’t bring you any relief, for you’re traveling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way.

Letters from a Stoic

You know what?” he whispered, out of breath, “You’re about to be in a whole lot of trouble. We probably better go.

Lock Creek: One Year's Time