Alacrity Quote by Josephus

“Every torment they had experienced was returned to them an intoxication. It seemed to them that the griefs , the sleeplessness, the tears, the…

— Victor Hugo

“But with all their mocking they had only hardened his resolve. And the odd thing was, they took a perverse pleasure in it, as…

— Brenda Rickman Vantrease

It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going…

— Alexandre Dumas

Their own souls rose and cried Alarum when they heard the sudden wail Of stricken freedom and along the gale Saw her eternal banner…

— John Le Gay Brereton

They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting…

— Jane Austen

It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.

— Anna Akhmatova

“There were so many times that the sorrow and agony of a particular moment was punctuated by something intensely wonderful and beautiful. Laughter was…

— Laura Sobiech

“In so speaking they saw further than the flesh. In their remorse and disgust it was not mere physical disillusionment that so crushed them.…

— Henri Barbusse

“And I — my head oppressed by horror — said: "Master, what is it that I hear? Who are those people so defeated by…

— Dante Alighieri

“I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I…

— Mary Shelley

Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He sent forth his word and healed them;…

— Bible

“Now they were regaining consciousness– were being treated to a cruel and lovely illusion.”

— Kurt Vonnegut