Consumed Quote by Anzia Yezierska

The realization that my problem was one that concerned all men, a problem of living and thinking, suddenly swept over me and I was…

— Hermann Hesse

What I secretly longed for was to disentangle myself of all those lives which had woven themselves into the pattern of my own life…

— Henry Miller

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me not so much a…

— Laurence Housman

I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to…

— La'Porsha Renae

It was like discovering that your innermost fires and terrors, the things you believed no one else could fathom, were in fact the basis…

— Poppy Z. Brite

My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence…

— William Godwin

I had been so focused on what to discard, on attacking the unwanted obstacles around me, that I had forgotten to cherish the things…

— Marie Kondo

The comfort of that lifestyle began to eat away at me like a cancer almost. It began to rob me of my joy and…

— Dominic Balli

Eventually, with regret, I left the religious life, and, once freed of the burden of failure and inadequacy, I felt my belief in God…

— Karen Armstrong

The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.

— Taylor Caldwell

When I was being honest with myself, I had to own that there was something about me that was drawing an energy in my…

— Niecy Nash

I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and…

— Melody Beattie