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> [I felt a kind of numbness, an enervation, but more particularly an odd fragility - as if my body had actually become frail, hypersensitive and somehow disjointed and clumsy, lacking normal coordination. And soon I was in the throes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/i-felt-a-kind-of-numbness-an-enervation-but-more-particularly-an-odd/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

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> [“Further, Dr. Gold said with a straight face, the pill at optimum dosage could have the side effect of impotence. Until that moment, although I’d had some trouble with his personality, I had not thought him totally lacking in perspicacity;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/further-dr-gold-said-with-a-straight-face-the-pill-at-optimum-dosage/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

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## Other authors on Lacking

## More by William Styron

> [“Perhaps, he thought, if I only think of this second, this moment, the train won't come at all. Think of the water, think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/perhaps-he-thought-if-i-only-think-of-this-second-this-moment-the/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“Until that moment, although I’d had some trouble with his personality, I had not thought him totally lacking in perspicacity; now I was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/until-that-moment-although-i-d-had-some-trouble-with-his-personality/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [ Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what \[a\] friend of mine calls "the fleas of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/every-writer-since-the-beginning-of-time-just-like-other-people-has/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“Are there, as science fiction and Gnostic speculation imply, different species of time in the same world, 'good time' and enveloping folds of inhuman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/are-there-as-science-fiction-and-gnostic-speculation-imply-different/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [I felt the exultancy of a man just released from slavery and ready to set the universe on fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/i-felt-the-exultancy-of-a-man-just-released-from-slavery-and-ready-to/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“date of the award approached, I would not have accepted at all. Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/date-of-the-award-approached-i-would-not-have-accepted-at-all/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“I actually shivered at the insincerity that gripped me as I spoke these words: their falseness was shameful. I was sure my coolness would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/i-actually-shivered-at-the-insincerity-that-gripped-me-as-i-spoke/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [Writing is a form of self-flagellation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/writing-is-a-form-of-self-flagellation/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time — for jittery people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/it-s-fine-therapy-for-people-who-are-perpetually-scared-of-nameless/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“He was made uneasy by unbraked hilarity and by extremes of sorrow alike, especially the latter; he preferred life to sail along pleasantly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/he-was-made-uneasy-by-unbraked-hilarity-and-by-extremes-of-sorrow/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“One of the century’s most famous intellectual pronouncements comes at the beginning of The Myth of Sisyphus: “There is but one truly serious philosophical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/one-of-the-century-s-most-famous-intellectual-pronouncements-comes-at/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have mighty dull literature if all the writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/the-good-writing-of-any-age-has-always-been-the-product-of-someone-s/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/e-quindi-uscimmo-a-riveder-le-stelle/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [“Writing for me is the hardest thing in the world, but also a thing which, once completed, is the most satisfying. ... I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/writing-for-me-is-the-hardest-thing-in-the-world-but-also-a-thing/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

> [A disruption of the circadian cycle—the metabolic and glandular rhythms that are central to our workaday life—seems to be involved in many, if not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/a-disruption-of-the-circadian-cycle-the-metabolic-and-glandular/)

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