Renegotiated Troubled Quotes

#1. This was misery that could not yield, for he sorrowed for a time he could not return to, and a self he would never again be.

Robin Hobb

#2. One keeps searching for ease, she did not say, and not finding it, till the memories of no-pain seem only like daydreams.

Robin McKinley

#3. Whether I'm in London, Sydney or Hong Kong, it makes no difference. There is always someone who knows me. I must be one of the most unloneliest people in the world!

Roy Orbison

#4. But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective.

Moby

#5. I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set - and they're both working.

Willie Pep

#6. If you tell your own story to your children - that includes your positive moments and your negative moments, and how you overcame them - you give your children the skills and the confidence they need to feel like they can overcome some hardship that they've felt.

Bruce Feiler

#7. I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.

Wyclef Jean

#8. It was hard to believe that someone so beautiful could be real. I was afraid that he might disappear in a sudden puff of smoke, and I would wake up.

Stephenie Meyer

#9. Men explain things to me, and other women, whether or not they know what they're talking about. Some men.

Rebecca Solnit

#10. We have nothing now between us, save - respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies.

Diana Gabaldon

#11. Peace of mind comes in the strangest boxes.

Cathie Pelletier

#12. As an actress I really like exploring and doing new experiences.

Violante Placido