Rough Patch Quotes

“Once employed, the employed's friends are reduced to creatures that he only sees when he has a new problem, or, something new to show off.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“When going through or coming out of a rough patch in life, it's important not to focus on those who did not show up for you.

Be appreciative of those who rolled up their sleeves and got dirty with you.”
― Sanjo Jendayi

“ 'You came to mean more and more to me, and I could no sooner have turned away from you than stop the earth spinning. I thought, if this ends with me broken, so be it. But as every day passed, I thought: he won't break me, he loves me and one day, he'll tell me. But you didn't because you don't.' ”
― Barbara Elsborg, With or Without Him

“Our inability to imagine the length of the rest of existence magnifies our problems.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana