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“The course of true love never did run smooth.” William Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night's Dream” - 1601

“The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.” Bertrand Russell, “The Conquest of Happiness” - 1930

“The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.” George Eliot, “Middlemarch” - 1872

“The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love.” William Shakespeare, “Macbeth” - 1623

“The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.” William Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing” - 1600

“Hermione was the last person to do anything against the rules, and here she was, pretending she had, to get them out of trouble. It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets.” J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone” - 1997

“I'm afraid there are moments in life when even Schubert has nothing to say to us. We must admit, however, that they are our worst.” Henry James, “The Portrait of a Lady” - 1881

“But mad people never do die. That's a well-known fact. They've nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever.” Anthony Trollope, “Phineas Redux” - 1874

“Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble.” Nicholas Sparks, “The Lucky One” - 2008

“I mean, it’s a good job we’ve got a last desperate million-to-one chance to rely on, or we’d really be in trouble!” Terry Pratchett, “Guards! Guards!” - 1989

“She's letting out her feelings. The scary thing is not being able to do that. When your feelings build up and harden and die inside, then you're in big trouble.” Haruki Murakami, “Norwegian Wood” - 1987

“We are at the end of all our troubles, and at the beginning of happiness.” Voltaire, “Candide” - 1759

“That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think.” J. D. Salinger, “The Catcher in the Rye” - 1951

“His life has much trouble and sadness, and remains far behind yours. If it were otherwise, he would never have been able to find those words.” Rainer Maria Rilke, “Letters to a Young Poet” - 1929

“Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire, burn; and caldron, bubble.” William Shakespeare, “Macbeth” - 1623

“You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write 'Fuck you' right under your nose. Try it sometime.” J. D. Salinger, “The Catcher in the Rye” - 1951

“Trouble with mice is you always kill ’em.” John Steinbeck, “Of Mice and Men” - 1937

“Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” Thomas Hardy, “Tess of the d'Urbervilles” - 1891

“half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.” Edith Wharton, “House of Mirth” - 1905

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