Anna > Anna's Quotes

“Nobody can guarantee that it’s going to be okay, but—and I don’t know if this will be comforting to anyone else—the possibility exists that there’s a piece of corn on a floor somewhere that will make you just as confused about why you are laughing as you have ever been about why you are depressed. And even if everything still seems like hopeless bullshit, maybe it’s just pointless bullshit or weird bullshit or possibly not even bullshit.”
― Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

“Everyone had warned her that the U.S. was a difficult place where even the Devil got his ass beat, ...”
― Junot Díaz, This Is How You Lose Her

“I should never have pressured you into being who you aren’t,’ I continue. But equally I should never have pretended not to care about the things that mean so much to me.”
― Mike Gayle, The One That Got Away

“The biggest sacrifice someone could make was to live for something - to allow it to consume you and turn you into a version of yourself you didn't recognize.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“Death was oblivion; life was reality, the harshest truth that had ever existed.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“Life is a war zone, princess. The sooner you understand that, the safer you'll be.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Games

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“I have no idea what you mean by madness. You know I'm not like the rest of you. I haven't experienced the things you miss so badly, or if I ever did, I don't remember anything, and that hasn't done me any harm. To me it feels as if I've always been alone, even among all of you, because I'm so different. I've never really understood you, I didn't know what you were talking about.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too had loved, that I was capable of suffering, and that I was human after all.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“Being beautiful, was that for men?'
'Yes. Some women say that it is for ourselves. What on earth can we do with it? I could have loved myself whether I was hunchbacked or lame, but to be loved by others, you had to be beautiful.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“My memory begins with my anger.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“Perhaps you never have time when you are alone? You only acquire it by watching it go by in others".”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“Because I want to know! Sometimes, you can use what you know, but that's not what counts most. I want to know everything there is to know. Not because it's any use, but for the pleasure of knowing, and now I demand that you teach me everything you know, even if I will never be able to use it.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“I cannot mourn for what I have not known.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men