When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

Quote by Kathleen Norris

Topics: Unhappiness Quotes

Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate

Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity...

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity...

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our...

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our...

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a...

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a...

In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all...

In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

When the age is in, the wit is out.

When the age is in, the wit is out.

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is...

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is...

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance...

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance...

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has injured you, but nothing forbids...

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has injured you, but nothing forbids...

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps...

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps...

By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course...

By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course...

For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those...

For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those...