“If the whole world is in a rush and people are out of step with themselves, they fail to catch that quirky… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
The essential in artistic creativity is victory over the burden of necessity. In art, man lives outside himself, outside his burdens, the… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
When we want to give expression to a dramatic situation in our lives, we tend to use metaphors of heaviness. We say… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I know you are in grief and heaviness; and if it were not so, you might be afraid, because then your way… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
That's the nub of the thing, you see seriousness of spirit. It doesn't mean heaviness of heart, or a lack of fantasy,… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. Instead we entangle ourselves in knots of our own… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Whenever humanity seems condemned to heaviness, I think I should fly like Perseus into a different space. I don't mean escaping into… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“The white policeman was a man who gave an impression of heaviness. It wasn't that he was fat, but he sagged as… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“Well, quite softly, one day following another, a spring on a winter, and an autumn after a summer, this wore away, piece… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
