Absolutes Quote by William Wordsworth

Of course I constantly despair at my own incapacity, at the impossibility of ever accomplishing anything, of painting a valid, true picture or even…

— Gerhard Richter

I try desperately to conquer the transitory nature of my existence, to trap moments before they evenesce, to untangle the confusion of my past.…

— Isabel Allende

I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it. I knew that…

— Suzan-Lori Parks

I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and…

— Robert Duvall

I felt shame - I see this clearly, now - at the instinctive recognition in myself of an awful enfeebling fatalism, a sense that…

— Joseph O'Neill

...and while ambition sleeps inside of me I content myself with memories of glitter and despair.

— Mark Twight

Most of the avoidable suffering in life springs from our attempts to escape the unavoidable suffering inherent in the fragmentary nature of our present…

— Hugh Kingsmill

Sometimes I feel that I am destined always to be offstage whenever the main action occurs. That God has made me the victim of…

— Jonathan Coe

The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.

— Heather Mills

But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I feel I've been faithful to my convictions and my desires. I've taken small, firm steps and I try to do things as beautiful…

— Natalia Lafourcade

I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind, and changed its bright visions of extensive…

— Anonymous