Learning Quote by Lucius Shepard

“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

“His thoughts were too vague to be described, but they comprehended mysterious elements.”

— Frank Herbert

“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 imagined the pain of the world to be like some formless parasitic being seeking out the warmth of human souls wherein to incubate…

— Cormac McCarthy

“I had lone, schooled myself to be oblivious to pain. I had neither doubts nor fears. All the content of my mind seemed to…

— Jack London

“He sighed with content, with regret as well at having to part from the serenity which fostered the adventurous freedom of his thoughts.”

— Joseph Conrad

“I understood very little of what was going on, and I felt as though only dying would release me from the overwhelming sense of…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“He didn't know what he felt. For the first time in his life, his thoughts were a jumble, tossing and turning and writing over…

— Julia Quinn

“He did not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the complex phrases, but as he read he sensed a strong, who purpose…

— Carson McCullers

“he could not quite understand what had happened. he began to sense an aura of hitherto unknown happiness emanating from them”

— Milan Kundera

“There was more, he was sure. He could feel it. Something deeper. More profound. More worthy. More likeable. It was like a bittersweet yearning…

— Alan McCluskey

“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