Anxiety Quote by Thomas Gray

“I gave, at first, attention close; Then interest warm ensued; From interest, as improvement rose, Succeeded gratitude. 'Obedience was no effort soon, And labour…

— Charlotte Brontë

As I hope For quiet days, fair issue, and long life, With such love as 'tis now, the murkiest den, The most opportune place,…

— William Shakespeare

“…and the mousesized mousecolored spinster trembling and aghast at her own temerity, staring across it at the childless bachelor in whom ended that long…

— William Faulkner

True resignation, which always brings with it the confidence that unchangeable goodness will make even the disappointment of our hopes, and the contradictions of…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Warm are the still and lucky miles, White shores of longing stretch away, A light of recognition fills The whole great day, and bright…

— Anonymous

“He burned to appease the fierce longings of his heart before which everything else was idle and alien. He cared little that he was…

— James Joyce

But then to part! to part when Time Has wreathed his tireless wing with flowers, And spread the richness of a clime Of fairy…

— Benjamin

“Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross, Join with the spite of…

— William Shakespeare

“Side by side, their faces blurred, The earl and countess lie in stone, Their proper habits vaguely shown As jointed armour, stiffened pleat, And…

— Philip Larkin

“Till gradually he became desperate, lost his understanding, was plunged in a revolt that knew no bounds. Inarticulate, he moved with her at the…

— D.H. Lawrence

“When one experiences a profound setback in the course of an enviable life, one has a variety of options. Spurred by shame, one may…

— Amor Towles

“Let us consider letters - how they come at breakfast, and at night, with their yellow stamps and their green stamps, immortalized by the…

— Virginia Woolf