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15 Literary Quotes That Will Get You Through Tough Times

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In an ideal world, no one would ever have bad days. But this isn’t an ideal world, and I just got mustard on my favorite shirt and it’s only 10:26 AM. I have the rest of this godless day stretched before me to walk around clad in my mustard-stained best. For me, this counts as Tough Times. (It’s my favorite shirt.)

Maybe you are also going through a Tough Time. Maybe your crush just started dating someone who is not you, and you don’t know what you’re doing with your life, and also your cat died. Maybe you’re just having ONE OF THOSE DAYS, and you don’t know what will fix it but you do know that scrolling through a list of meaningful quotes isn’t going to hurt.

To that end, here is a list of meaningful quotes. I hope they help your day.