Strain Quotes

303 Strain quotes by 267 unique authors

To accomplish nothing and die of the strain — Emile M. Cioran
I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
My Heart I'm not going to cry all the time nor shall I laugh all the time, I don't prefer one "strain" to another. I'd… — Frank O'Hara
A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has… — John Steinbeck
People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part' on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body… — Aleister Crowley
To find everything profound - that is an inconvenient trait. It makes one strain one's eyes all the time, and in the end one finds… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is the strain of walking around the world-down the street, riding city buses and elevators, moving from place to place to place-and not knowing… — Joe Meno
This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is… — Swami Vivekananda
I find it a huge strain to be responsible for my tastes and be known and defined by them. — Jonathan Franzen
Most climbers aren't in fact deranged, they're just infected with a particularly virulent strain of the Human Condition. — Jon Krakauer
As she walked along she dramatized the night. There was about it a wild, lawless charm that appealed to a certain wild, lawless strain hidden… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
It is a foolish woman who expects her husband to be to her that which only Jesus Christ Himself can be: always ready to forgive,… — Ruth Graham
I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more. Penniless, and at the end of my supply… — H P Lovecraft
at least nine-tenths of all the original reality ever created lies outside the multiverse, and since the multiverse by definition includes absolutely everything that is… — Terry Pratchett
His whole body shakes with the strain as he tries to lift something he knows he can't lift, something everybody knows he can't lift. But,… — Ken Kesey
Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and… — Alexander Pope
Please do not strain yourself, Miss Doyle. I won't have my girls going cross-eyed in the name of art. — Libba Bray
One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God. — Oswald Chambers
When there are boys you have to worry about how you look, and whether they like you, and why they like another girl better, and… — Maud Hart Lovelace
One strain could call up the quivering expectancy of Christmas Eve, childhood, joy and sadness, the lonely wonder of a star — Maud Hart Lovelace

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