I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“It is very easy to grow tired at collecting; the period of a low tide is about all men can endure. At… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In the world of the dreamer there was solitude: all the exaltations and joys came in the moment of preparation for living.… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Many complain of a chronic weariness that sleep will not banish. Their trouble is that too little blood is pumped through the… — Gene Tunney Copy Share Image
He took pains to avoid self-depreciation, self-mockery, ambiguity, irony, subtlety, vulnerability, a civilized world-weariness and a tragic sense of history--the very things,… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share Image
Why has mankind had such a craving to be imposed upon? Why this lust after imposing creeds, imposing deeds, imposing buildings, imposing… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Time knows not the weight of sleep or weariness, and night's deep darkness has no chain to bind his rushing pinion. — George D. Prentice Copy Share Image
Many college text-books, which were a weariness and stumbling-block when I studied, I have since read a little with pleasure and profit. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Weariness should never hinder us from wanting to see restoration in a friend who is in the midst of brokenness.” — Patsy Burnette Copy Share Image
It is weariness to keep toiling at the same things so that one becomes ruled by them. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Many women... have buoyed me up in times of weariness and stress. Each friend was important... Their words have seasoned my life.… — Pam Farrel Copy Share Image
When I think of this life I have led; the desolation of solitude it has been; the masoned, walled-town of a Captain's… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The mother as a social servant instead of a home servant will not lack in true mother duty. From her work, loved… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
Thats because, like everyone else on the planet, you believed that time would teach you to grow closer to God. But time… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I bought an energy bar, and as I ate it a great weariness came over me. — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
“Everything wearies me, including what doesn't weary me. My happiness is as painful as my pain.” — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“You were right about your Bela, Rand," Moiraine said from where she stood by the mare. "She has a good heart, and… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
To have children is a double living, the earthly fountain of youth, a continual fresh delight, a volcano as well as a… — Josephine Winslow Johnson Copy Share Image