Age Quote by Carson McCullers

“For in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse of human struggle and of valour. Of the endless fluid passage of humanity…

— Carson McCullers

There came to him an image of man’s whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all man’s life was like a…

— Thomas Wolfe

“There was a leap of joy in him, like a flame lighting up in a dark lantern. At this moment he believed it was…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“He was there alone with himself, collected, tranquil, adoring, comparing the serenity of his heart with the serenity of the skies, moved in the…

— Victor Hugo

“He was out there alone with himself, composed, tranquil, adoring, comparing the serenity of his heart to the serenity of the skies, moved in…

— Victor Hugo

“He was always seeking for a meaning in life, and here it seemed to him that a meaning was offered; but it was obscure…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“But he could not tell what that significance was. It was like a message which it was very important for him to receive, but…

— William Somerset Maugham

“There were in this strange nature, depths so awful and profound that it was not to be sounded or to be judged as others…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“As he passed people rushing by the scores of thousands on the streets, he saw the glory of their faces. He saw in the…

— Mark Helprin

“He saw people living for their sake, saw them achieving endless things for their sake, traveling, waging wars, suffering endlessly, enduring endlessly, and he…

— Hermann Hesse

“The intellectual part of his nature was already effaced; he had power only to feel, and feeling was torment. He was conscious of motion.…

— Ambrose Bierce

“He burned to appease the fierce longing of his heart before which everything else was idle and alien. He cared little that he was…

— James Joyce