Idealism Quote by John Gardner

“I waited for him to find an answer. Minutes passed. It came to me that he had quit. He had glimpsed a glorious ideal,…

— John Gardner

“There was a certain graceful ease and freedom about all he said and did, that gave a sense of repose and expansion to the…

— Anne Brontë

“He had often felt anguish before, and it would be no wonder if it came at such a moment, when he was preparing, the…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“All he felt now was envy. These people had expectations. Of the world, of the future, it didn't matter--expectation was such an innovative concept…

— Colson Whitehead

“I don't think, before that moment, that he truly grasped the nature of what I was. He knew, of course; had always known, and…

— Jacqueline Carey

“I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles, and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education instilled, or…

— Charlotte Brontë

“What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all…

— Dave Eggers

“A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of…

— John Williams

“He could focus my attention on how perfectly sublime life can be at times. Such moments are ephemeral, and without his guidance I might…

— Kevin Hearne

“The main reason I felt foolish and humiliated was because of - what had I called it to myself, only a few days previously?…

— Julian Barnes

“I despised him as one fit only for amusement, a man with whom I associated for that sole purpose.”

— Osamu Dazai

“...he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few…

— Gene Edwards