--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I felt as if we were fighting something…" description: "\"I felt as if we were fighting something worse than Anne, some demon that possessed her, that possessed all of us Boleyns: ambition - the devil that had..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_ambition_i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something_2294307.jpg" --- # I felt as if we were fighting something worse than Anne… ![“I felt as if we were fighting something worse than Anne, some demon that possessed her, that possessed all of us Boleyns: ambition - the devil that had brought us to this little room and brought my sister to this insane distress and us to this savage battle.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_ambition_i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something_2294307.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_ambition_i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something_2294307.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_ambition_i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something_2294307.jpg) > “I felt as if we were fighting something worse than Anne, some demon that possessed her, that possessed all of us Boleyns: ambition - the devil that had brought us to this little room and brought my sister to this insane distress and us to this savage battle.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. She likens familial conflict to a demonic force, suggesting ambition and rivalry drive destructive behavior. **In simple terms:** Family strife driven by ambition and rivalry. Key Takeaway Beware of unchecked ambition in relationships. Themes family conflict ambition power struggles Mood dramatic reflective Type literary psychological When to use this quote - family meetings - conflict mediation - personal therapy - historical analysis Key Concepts psychodynamic theory toxic dynamics Questions to Reflect On - What underlying fears fuel our family battles? - How can we transform rivalry into collaboration? A Different Perspective Ambition can be a catalyst for growth when channeled constructively. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/) [Demon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demon/) [Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/) [Distress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/) [Savages](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/savages/) [Sisters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sisters/) [War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/) ## Related quotes > [“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-greater-part-of-what-my-neighbors-call-good-i-believe-in-my-soul-2/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-greater-part-of-what-my-neighbors-call-good-i-believe-in-my-soul/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-i-repent-of-anything-it-is-very-likely-to-be-my-good-behavior-what/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“My mom thinks I'm the heroine in every book I write... so I'm a demon possessed, call girl, vampire killing, elfin college student who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-m-ward/my-mom-thinks-i-m-the-heroine-in-every-book-i-write-so-i-m-a-demon/) [H.M. Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-m-ward/) > [What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/what-demon-possessed-me-that-i-behaved-so-well/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can old man, — you who have lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/what-demon-possessed-me-that-i-behaved-so-well-you-may-say-the-wisest/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“The cashier stares at me as he moves our items across the scanner. “What happened to you?” Eddison bristles but I give the boy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dot-hutchison/the-cashier-stares-at-me-as-he-moves-our-items-across-the-scanner/) [Dot Hutchison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dot-hutchison/) > [You reduce your emotional distress by checking in more on your intentions and less on your mood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-reduce-your-emotional-distress-by-checking-in-more-on-your/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [So go back to the books. They will comfort you and cheer you. If you earnestly work with them, neither sorrow nor anxiety nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/so-go-back-to-the-books-they-will-comfort-you-and-cheer-you-if-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“distress and anxiety were aspects of human nature that understood no logic”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distress-and-anxiety-were-aspects-of-human-nature-that-understood-no/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-believe-that-as-long-as-there-is-plenty-poverty-is-evil-government/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/perhaps-if-there-were-more-of-that-intense-distress-for-souls-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/beyond-the-very-extreme-of-fatigue-and-distress-we-may-find-amounts/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-in-high-life-are-hardened-to-the-wants-and-distresses-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [When we are in distress we pray genuinely, seeking forgiveness, promise to quit all sin & beg for mercy & protection. Why do we then forget?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-we-are-in-distress-we-pray-genuinely-seeking-forgiveness-promise/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Ambition quotes > [Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fergus-henderson/ambition-drives-you-on-ability-certainly-helps-but-the-fickle-finger/) [Fergus Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fergus-henderson/) > [One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/one-needs-more-than-ambition-and-talent-to-make-a-success-of-anything/) [Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/) > [I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-just-think-my-own-ambition-would-not-allow-me-to-sit-on-the-gifts/) [Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/) > [A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-man-s-worth-is-no-greater-than-the-worth-of-his-ambitions/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I'm hungry and ambitious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julen-lopetegui/i-m-hungry-and-ambitious/) [Julen Lopetegui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julen-lopetegui/) > [“I was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-ferguson/i-was-ambitious-and-desperate-to-direct-my-first-film-so-i/) [Craig Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-ferguson/) > [I was always attracted most to joining City, and I am pleased to be at such a good club with such a big ambition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edin-dzeko/i-was-always-attracted-most-to-joining-city-and-i-am-pleased-to-be-at/) [Edin Dzeko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edin-dzeko/) > [Work towards your goal and dont watch the post size,its either they hate,or like you.there is no room for both sides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-buabeng/work-towards-your-goal-and-dont-watch-the-post-size-its-either-they/) [Isaac Buabeng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-buabeng/) > [“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-young-men-have-not-only-this-frivolous-ambition-of-being-thought/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I almost never have a plan for myself... I'm not ambitious in that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-plimpton/i-almost-never-have-a-plan-for-myself-i-m-not-ambitious-in-that-way/) [Martha Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-plimpton/) > [I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-play-for-high-stakes-and-given-an-audience-there-is-no-act-too/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-s-nothing-worse-than-a-leader-who-lacks-ambition/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If i can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambition i have is nothing but talk..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoro/if-i-can-t-even-protect-my-captain-s-dream-then-whatever-ambition-i/) [Zoro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoro/) > [It may seem unattainable but if you put actions, your heart and your mind into it, you will prevail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/london-mond/it-may-seem-unattainable-but-if-you-put-actions-your-heart-and-your/) [London Mond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/london-mond/) > [Obligation is what's leading us to toward successful, and what keeps us moving towards the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wazim-shaw/obligation-is-what-s-leading-us-to-toward-successful-and-what-keeps/) [Wazim Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wazim-shaw/) [Browse all 4,601 Ambition quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I felt as if we were fighting something worse than Anne, some demon that possessed her, that possessed all of us Boleyns: ambition - the devil that had brought us to this little room and brought my sister to this insane distress and us to this savage battle.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something-worse-than-anne-some-demon/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ambition" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something-worse-than-anne-some-demon/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_ambition_i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something_2294307.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_ambition_i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something_2294307.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_ambition_i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something_2294307.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I felt as if we were fighting something worse than Anne, some demon that possessed her, that possessed all…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I felt as if we were...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something-worse-than-anne-some-demon/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-felt-as-if-we-were-fighting-something-worse-than-anne-some-demon/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```