65 Quotes About Unfairness
- Author Stacy Bierlein
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So unfair, she thought. Her baby was going to grow up, and her husband wasn't.
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- Author Andrew Marvell
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But Fate does iron wedges drive,And always crowds itself betwixt.
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- Author Patrick Hamilton
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Unto those who have,it shall,uncannily, be given.Unto those who have not,it shall,uncannily,be taken away.
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- Author David Foster Wallace
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People who're somehow burned at birth, withered or ablated way past anything like what might be fair, they either curl up in their fire, or else they rise.
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- Author Michael Bennett
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Believing in your standards for a square deal, even when there's no way to get it, is what allows you to create boundaries and take independent action.
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- Author John Connolly
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But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere.""'They?' Who are 'they?'""I don't know. Just people.""That's what the victorious claim, not the defeated; the powerful, not the powerless. 'All is fair.' 'The end justifies the means.' Is that what you believe?
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- Author Virginie Despentes
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Je suis furieuse contre une société qui m'a éduquée sans jamais m'apprendre à blesser un homme s'il m'écarte les cuisses de forces, alors que cette même société m'a inculqué l'idée que c'était un crime dont je ne devais pas me remettre. Et je suis surtout folle de rage qu'en face de trois hommes, une carabine et piégée dans une forêt dont on ne peut s'échapper en courant, je me sente encore aujourd'hui coupable de ne pas avoir eu le courage de nous défendre avec un petit couteau.
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- Author Rob Thomas
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Sometimes lightning struck twice; sometimes, one person got more than their share of suffering.
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- Author Sonali Dev
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It wasn't like he wasn't capable of happiness. It was almost as if he held himself away from it just the slightest bit. He felt undeserving of it, mistrustful of it, and the unfairness of that made her want to shake some sense into his stubborn head.
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