Mae Whitman

I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!

American Actress

Luigi Pirandello

It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!

Italian Playwright

Steven Wilson

It's one thing to fail with something you utterly believe in, but to fail with something you don't believe in? You just feel so sordid.

English Musician

Shawn Amos

Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.

American Musician

Niger Innis

Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.

American Activist

Tituss Burgess

I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.

American Actor

John Calvin

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

French Theologian

Paul Morrissey

Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them.

American Director

Darrell Issa

My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.

American Politician

Dar Williams

Use 'sordid' to evoke strong visual images of neglect or poor conditions.

Visual Imagery

'Sordid' often suggests environments that can make one physically uncomfortable.

Physical Discomfort

It implies a general atmosphere that is unpleasant and repulsive.

Negative Atmosphere

'Sordid' in this context includes a sense of moral wrongdoing and guilt.

Immorality and Guilt

Suggests behaviors that are so immoral they are often kept secret.

Hidden Despicable Acts

Use 'sordid' when revealing facts meant to shock or cause a scandal.

Shock Value

'Sordid' can stir up feelings of disgust when learning distasteful information.

Evoking Disgust

Often conveys the speaker's strong disapproval or contempt for the situation.

Contempt and Disapproval

Refers to details that are not just unpleasant but embarrassingly degrading.

Embarrassing Revelations

 Dickens set these colorful characters against intricate social backdrops, which mimic the society he lived in. For instance, he often considered the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. During this period, the lower classes experienced sordid working and living conditions.

Why should you read...

 to surround oneself with love and with friends and activities that give back joy and meaning and identity. But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details --