Anguish Quotes

334 Anguish quotes by 269 unique authors

I take this for myself, and you take up the thread of my life between your teeth, tin thread and tarnished with abuse, you shall… — Frank O'Hara
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes… — William Faulkner
Unicorns, dragons, witches may be creatures conjured up in dreams, but on the page their needs, joys, anguishes, and redemptions should be just as true… — Alberto Manguel
One fire burns out another's burning, One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish. — William Shakespeare
The only thing he could do to stay alive was not to allow himself the anguish of that memory. He erased it from his mind,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon… — J. B. Priestley
He turned away; he threw himself on his face on the sofa. 'Oh, Jane! my hope - my love - my life!' broke in anguish… — Charlotte Bronte
There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.… — George Eliot
Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges… — Henri Nouwen
Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness. "No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At… — Vladimir Nabokov
I want some one to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarreling… — Virginia Woolf
Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most? That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the… — John Milton
And when suddenly the god stopped her and, with anguish in his cry, uttered the words: ‘He has turned round’ – she comprehended nothing and… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Love. It's so close to hate, it's almost indistinguishable. But this is how it was for the two of them. Love and hate. Life and… — Melissa de la Cruz
Literature presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are as rich, coherent,… — Chaim Potok
pg.9 "In my heart there's a peaceful anguish, and my calm is made of resignation. — Fernando Pessoa
Somewhere, within her, in a deep recess, crouched discontent. She began to lose confidence in the fullness of her life, the glow began to fade… — Nella Larsen
At that time, he was satisfying a sensual curiosity by experiencing the pleasures of people who live for love. He had believed he could stop… — Marcel Proust
Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder… — Leo Rosten
Why are we worn out? Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble, believing, become totally bankrupt by the age of thirty or… — Anton Chekhov
... true faith never comes without anguish. — R.L. LaFevers
The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face. — Suzanne Collins
Nothing is an accident: it's always someone's fault; perhaps-but no one teaches us how to live with our mistakes. Everyone is isolated, alone with his… — Nadeem Aslam
If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a happy time in a state of misery, it is just as… — Primo Levi
...it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity of departure; and… — Charlotte Bronte

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