Quotes About Burden

That's the whole burden of this novel - the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world that you don't care whether things are true or false as long as they partake of the magical glory.

I guess I'm the Black Death,' he said slowly. 'I don't seem to bring people happiness any more.

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret. —Jean de La Fontaine, French poet (1621–1695)

I am tired of myself in every way. All things, deep down to the secret of their roots, are stained by the color of my weariness.

The weariness of being loved, of being truly loved! The weariness of being the object of other people's burdensome emotions!

Tenho uma grande tristeza Acrescentada à que sinto. Quero dizer-ma mas pesa O quanto comigo minto.

The dead are a heap more trouble than the living.

His thoughts were heavy as if they had to struggle up through some dense medium to reach the surface of his mind.

Lay the burden at the feet of the Savior.

I thought it'd be different. Kind of like, a lot of weight lifted off of my shoulders, as I don't have to worry about finances for the rest of my life, or my family's. But it wasn't like that. It was more - there's things I need to get done.

Dodd-Frank has disproportionately burdened community banks, despite their having no role in the financial crisis.

I'm working alongside the White House and other members in the House to lessen the tax burden that currently weighs on so many Oklahomans.

You have an administration which understands America's international responsibilities and interests, but you have a population which is anxious, tired, and doesn't want to bear any burden and pay any price. And that's very difficult for whoever becomes president.

I think a famous parent is really different from a famous grandparent. My parents are very successful, but no one knows who they are, and they live a completely grounded, homey life. I'm friends with the Gummer girls, whose mum is Meryl Streep, and that feels from the outside like a different kind of burden.

I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.

For a long time, I've had a recurring dream - I dream I don't have to write any more, that I'm free. I'm not free, alas; I'm still clearing the same terrain, with the impression that it's never finished.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

I hate bags. I never carry a bag. I am terrified of bags. I don't want to have to be responsible for that many things at one time.

The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap.

I'd be lying if I say that not scoring a Test century was a burden on me.

The man gave me a stack of papers and said that one of the most painful things about death was the paperwork. I

If you could not accept the past and its burden there was no future, for without one there cannot be the other.