Freedom Quote by Joseph Conrad

“He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought…

— Gustave Flaubert

“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 did not confuse what he longed for with his gratitude for what he had. Extreme desires have their own sanctuary.”

— Tove Jansson

“Even the serenity he felt was something that needed to be understood; it seemed a symptom of a deeper and more complete understanding that…

— Lucius Shepard

“She had longed for adventure, and now that it was happening to her, she was not sure how she felt about it.”

— Theodora Goss

“But he had a serenity that came with the choice of the life he wanted to live. And this serenity and certainty I have…

— Michael Ondaatje

“He had yet to discover what destroyed that desire. But he did not dwell on it. He thought rather of whatever had happened to…

— Toni Morrison

“I sighed, then hated myself for sighing, such an impotent and ultimately dishonest thing to do, the refuge of those lacking the courage to…

— Ron Currie Jr

“She indulged in silent feelings of satisfaction, pleased with the idea of him suffering. This might even be a bit fun.”

— Emily Greenwood

“Sometimes, he thought, you had to do things you detested, in order to have the things that you truly wanted.”

— Joy Ellis

“I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.”

— Spectator no. 7

“He wondered whether he had done right. He was dissatisfied with himself and with all his circumstances. He asked himself dully whether whenever you…

— W Somerset Maugham