Disagreeable Task Quotes

#1. The reformer," Douglass explained in 1883, had "a difficult and disagreeable task before him. He has to part with old friends; break away from the beaten paths of society, and advance against the vehement protests of the most sacred sentiments of the human heart.

James Oakes

#2. The taste of fish lingered in my mouth for weeks afterwards.

Skip Lowe

#3. Self-worth and financial worth become indistinguishable.

Russell Peters

#4. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Steve Jobs

#5. What person here illegally (and in his right mind), will go to the government, announce being here illegally (e.g. plead guilty), provide all sorts of information as to where that person lives etc. to get a work permit only to be a target for deportation in two years?

Greta Van Susteren

#6. With Anna gone, we listen for footfalls, each of us avoiding the other with an intense concentration. Occasionally we cross paths by accident, our bubbles of personal space like a Venn diagram, becoming darker where they overlap.
Dad left.
Anna is gone.
I have never been here.

Mindy McGinnis

#7. The spirit of life, the divinity of the soul.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#8. Climbing into dark for you
Will you wait in stars for me?

Ally Condie

#9. This place smells like sulfur and crime,

K.B. Wagers