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The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping is a… — Unknown Author
Between religion's this is and poetry's but suppose this is, there must always be some kind of tension, until the possible and the actual meet… — Northrop Frye
Any expectation, even the expectation of peace, brings restlessness. The tension has to go. As soon as this happens a divine peace sets in. — Rajneesh
Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information, — Ian Mcewan
Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are… — Rollo May
It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear our astonished… — Rainer Maria Rilke
It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight. — Edward Abbey
Lust was a positive high-tension cable, plugged into my core, activating a near-epileptic seizure of conviction that this was the one thing I had to… — Will Self
The photographer hopes, in brief, to discover a tension so exact that it is peace. — Robert Adams
That is what deconstruction is made of: not the mixture but the tension between memory, fidelity, the preservation of something that has been given to… — Jacques Derrida
The current political tension is very serious. We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election. — Abhisit Vejjajiva
In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope. — Ronald Reagan
I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience — Bridget Riley
An empty canvas, apparently really empty, that says nothing and is without significance – almost dull, in fact – in reality, is crammed with thousands… — Wassily Kandinsky
The reaction against your own thought in itself lends life to thought. How this reaction is born is hard to describe, because it identifies with… — Emile M. Cioran
My poems, I think, exist in a state of tension between the love of natural beauty and the fear of natural meaninglessness or absurdity. — Hayden Carruth
All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change)… — Heraclitus
For a quick lap at the Nrburgring, you've probably experienced more in seven minutes...than most people have experienced in all their life in the way… — Jackie Stewart
To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day. — Anne McCaffrey
God uses the tension, complexity, and challenge of doing His kingdom work to transform us into champions. — Christine Caine
One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack. Not being able… — Jennifer James
The desire for perfect release and the real-world impossibility of perfect, whenever-you-want-it release had together produced a tension they could no longer stand. — David Foster Wallace
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it. — Woody Allen
I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged. — Antonin Scalia
Why is so much sex needed? Because you are tense, sex becomes a release. Your tensions are released through it - you feel relaxed, you… — Rajneesh

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