Big Books of 2026

Consolation Prize Quotes

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Making God a man is the consolation prize that our forefathers gave themselves for not being the ones who were each blessed with a vagina.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: affirmative-action, ancestor, ancestors, bless, blessed, consolation, consolation-prize, console, curse, cursed, equality, female, females, feminism, feminist, feminists, forefather, forefathers, gender, gender-equality, gender-gap, girl, girls, glass-ceiling, god, humor, humour, inequality, international-women-s-day, matriarchy, patriarchy, satire, vagina, vaginas, woman, women, women-s-day
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Being rich is an untalented artist’s consolation prize.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: art, artists, consolation-prize, money, rich, talent
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Other than the promise of life after death, nothing consoles the poor better than the fact that rich people are also subject to death.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: affluent, comfort, consolation, consolation-prize, console, dead, death, hereafter, immortal, immortality, life, life-after-death, mortal, mortality, poor, poverty, poverty-stricken, rich, wealth, wealthy
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Marc Grossberg
“She asked him to meet her at Elegante. He agreed, but he felt somehow wronged. Exiting the garage, he realized what bothered him. For the first time, he felt going to Elegante was a consolation prize. Why hadn't Mrs. Cook invited him to her country club?”
― Marc Grossberg, The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors
tags: consolation-prize, prizes, winning
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Rin Chupeco
“With my heart," he murmured against my bare skin.

"You better be damn sure, Tea. The last thing I want to be is a consolation prize. But if you want this, then to hell with Kance and everyone else because you're ”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger
tags: consolation-prize, love, lust
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