Ruined Lives Quotes

“I have met people who have ruined their entire lives because of procrastination. They were unaware of why they never took a step, but I could easily see their Procrasdemon standing beside them.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“Your coldness has ruined my life. All right, you didn't mean it, all right I was a schoolgirl, but you could have been kinder to someone who said they loved you, you could have been gentle and grateful.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Message to the Planet

“I want to forget this awful place. Yet, at the same time, I never want to forget the many lessons that enabled me to mature quickly from just a skinny kid with a scraggly mustache, into a young man working so hard to seem older than his few years, as he evolves into early manhood.”
― Michael Zboray, Teenagers War: Vietnam 1969

“When people whose lives have turned into ruins wander through the ruins, we can easily see that life has treated the ruins much better!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“{T}hen he whispered something that turned Reed pale and bloodless--and that Reed wouldn't tell about until years later. 'You're the one lied about Meadow Creek,' Kelly said. 'Lied about finding her. Why would you do that to me?'

We left him there as the drawknife of dusk peeled back the world.”
― Matthew Neill Null, Allegheny Front

“There is nothing sadder than remembering how wonderful a ruined place or someone once was!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“And he blamed the penny-whistle between his legs; that which had pushed him into emotional incontinence this time, every time.”
― Franciska Soares, They Whisper in my Blood

“I love you.' Effy pressed her forehead against his.

'I love you,' Preston said, voice wavering. 'I'm so sorry it's ruined us both.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning

“We've done a good job of ruining our own lives," I said. "We should branch out and ruin someone else's.*”
― Gwendoline Riley, Cold Water