Time Quote by Émile Zola

“Pascal's scientific achievements, therefore, did not give him much confidence in the human condition. When he contemplated the immensity of the universe, he was…

— Karen Armstrong

“An anxious expression spread over his face as he thought to himself that the time was coming when he would have to give up…

— Jean Rhys

“It is said that man is the only beast that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the…

— Cindy Brandner

“Das Unglück des Menschen rührt daher, daß er nicht still in seinem Zimmer bleiben will, dort, wo er hingehört. Sagt Pascal." (Man's misfortune stems…

— Suskind

“He read as others pray, as gamblers follow the spinning of the roulette wheel, as drunkards stare into vacancy; he read with such profound…

— Stefan Zweig

“While inside the vaulting of the ribs between his knees the darkly meated heart pumped of who's will and the blood pulsed and the…

— Cormac McCarthy

“He stole glances at the heathen faces of Bodien and Gaylord, the suffering, yet oddly consoled, eyes and mouth of Basellecci, noting the brave…

— Edward Lewis Wallant

“He had outlived the luxurious agonies of youthful blood, and in this very freedom from illusion he recognised the loss of something. From now…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“This morning, he had been doomed for a dismal eternity,but instead, standing before him was a woman giving him everything he had dreamed of…

— Michele Sinclair

“Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life. A…

— Herman Melville

“He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divine power, a frail god upon a rickety…

— Patrick White

“And yet it was also true that the tumor could not be removed by our doctor, and as a result of that a strange…

— Justin Dobbs