Quotes About Intensity

I detest common heroes and moderate feelings, the sort that exist in real life

As to Emma, she did not ask herself whether she loved. Love, she thought, must come suddenly, with great outbursts and lightnings—a hurricane of the skies, which falls upon life, revolutionises it, roots up the will like a leaf, and sweeps the whole heart into the abyss. She did not know that on the terrace of houses it makes lakes when the pipes are choked, and she would thus have remained in her security when she suddenly discovered a rent in the wall of it.

I feel torn to pieces by a rage of love.

De liefde, meende zij, moest plotseling komen, met donder en bliksem -als een orkaan uit de hemel, die het leven overvalt, het omverwerpt, ieders wil als blaadjes van de bomen rukt en het hart volledig in de afgrond stort. Zij wist niet dat de regen plassen vormt op het plat van de huizen als de goten zijn verstopt; en zij zou zich dan ook nergens zorgen om hebben gemaakt, als zij niet plotseling een scheur in de muur had ontdekt.

Tenía la creencia de que el amor habría de llegar de golpe, entre grandes destellos y fulgores, a modo de huracán de los cielos que cae sobre la vida, la trastorna, arrasa la voluntad como hoja al viento y arrastra el corazón hasta hundirlo en los abismos.

Un infini de passion peut tenir dans une minute.

Maar zij werd verteerd door verlangen, door woede en wrok.

Ona göre aÅŸk büyük gürültülerle, ???klarla, k?v?lc?mlarla gelen bir ÅŸeydi.Göklerin bir kas?rgas?yd?,hayat?n üzerine çöküp onu alt üst ediverir,insan iradesini kuru yaprak gibi kopar?r,yüreÄŸini olduÄŸu gibi uçuruma sürüklerdi.

Un infini de passions peut tenir dans une minute, comme une foule dans un petit espace.

Love, she believed, should come on all at once, with great claps of thunder and lightning - a hurricane from heaven that falls upon your life, turns it topsy-turvy, tears up intentions like leaves and sweeps your whole heart into the abyss.

Înc? de mic? o cuprinsese una din acele iubiri de copil care au în acelaÈ™i timp puritatea unei religii È™i violenÈ›a unei necesit??i./ Toute petite, elle s'était prise d'un de ces amours d'enfant qui ont à la fois la pureté d'une religion et la violence d'un besoin. (©BeQ)

As to Emma, she did not ask herself whether she loved. Love, she thought, must come suddenly, with great outbursts and lightnings—a hurricane of the skies, which falls upon life, revolutionises it, roots up the will like a leaf, and sweeps the whole heart into the abyss

Love, she thought, must come suddenly, with great outbursts and lightnings—a hurricane of the skies, which falls upon life, revolutionises it, roots up the will like a leaf, and sweeps the whole heart into the abyss.

Exaspération. Constamment à son comble.

All these great artists burn the candle at both ends; they require a dissolute life, that suits the imagination to some extent.

perdre, quand, au contraire, elle avouait pour lui plus d'amour que jamais

Elle se répétait : « J'ai un amant ! un amant ! » se délectant à cette idée comme à celle d'une autre puberté qui lui serait survenue. Elle allait donc posséder enfin ces joies de l'amour, cette fièvre du bonheur dont elle avait désespéré. Elle entrait dans quelque chose de merveilleux où tout serait passion, extase, délire ;

Her eyes, brimming with tears, glittered like flames seen through water.

la pupilla spenta che intravide tra le palpebre malchiuse lo bollò come d'un marchio di fuoco.

But shouldn't a man know everything, excel at a host of different activities, initiate you into the intensities of passion, the refinements of life, all its mysteries? Yet this man taught her nothing, knew nothing, wished for nothing. He thought she was happy; and she resented him for that settled calm, that ponderous serenity, that very happiness which she herself brought him.

el amor debía llegar de repente, con grandes resplandores y fulguraciones — huracán de los cielos que cae sobre la vida, la trastorna, arranca las voluntades como hojas y arrastra hacia el abismo el corazón entero.

Love, she thought, must come suddenly, with great outbursts and lightnings—a hurricane of the skies, which falls upon life, revolutionises it, roots up the will like a leaf

Emma mordía sus labios pálidos, y dando vueltas entre sus dedos a una ramita del polípero que había roto, clavaba sobre Carlos la punta ardiente de sus pupilas, como dos flechas de fuego dispuestas para disparar. Todo —en él le irritaba ahora, su cara, su traje, lo que no decía, su persona entera, en fin, su existencia.

Aquello que se ama con violencia acaba siempre por matarle a uno.