If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

—James McNeill Whistler

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About James McNeill Whistler

Portrait of James McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake".

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When you don't set up something to look forward to, the little things frequently get to you.

—Daniel Chidiac in Who Says You Can't? YOU DO

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That's when I first learned about true frustration, that wrenching ache when the thing that matters most to you barely makes a ripple in other people's lives.

—Robin Benway in Emmy & Oliver

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Do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much—pain, frustration, anger…and I still loved her. I still do.

—Brandon Sanderson in The Way of Kings

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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

—Kurt Vonnegut

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Reality continues to ruin my life.

—Bill Watterson

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