Behinds Quote by Sinclair Lewis

But he hated to be sober. It made him conscious of the people around him, of that air of struggle, of greedy ambition, of…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

He took in the squeaky music, the vulgar and pining melodies, because passion immobilizes good taste and seriously considers what soberly would be thought…

— Thomas Mann

“He was what she wanted, but it would mean so much more after a charged friendship; that long, exquisite exchange of gradually more intimate…

— Iain M. Banks

“In his life he'd passed through long periods of gratefulness and good cheer, but he'd scarcely even imagined this level of thorough contentment with…

— Chad Harbach

It seemed as though he gave way all at once; he was so languid that he could not control his thoughts; they would wander…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

His conviction of having no purpose in life other than to act as a distillation of poison was part of the ego of an…

— Yukio Mishima

But he hated to be sober. It made him conscious of the people around him, of that air of struggle, of greedy ambition, of…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Recklessness and freedom - how did they become a cocktail?”

— Colum McCann

Yet sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with…

— William Wordsworth

“He thought of nothing. Some thoughts or fragments of thoughts, some images without order or coherence floated before his mind--faces of people he had…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance…

— Lois Lowry

“He felt like climbing a mountain, not for any heroic reason but for something stupid, like picking her a flower; he felt subservient to…

— McKelle George