Quotes About Struggle

Peace to thee, kind and selfish, vain and generous old heathen!—We shall see thee no more. Let us hope that Lady Jane supported her kindly, and led her with gentle hand out of the busy struggle of Vanity Fair.

who can tell me that that calmness itself is not DESPAIR?

think of the condition of Europe for twenty years before, where people were fighting, not by thousands, but by millions; each one of whom as he struck his enemy wounded horribly some other innocent heart far away.

if these hours be dark, as indeed in many ways they are, at least do not let us sit deedless, like fools and fine gentlemen, thinking the common toil not good enough for us, and beaten by the muddle; but rather let us work like good fellows trying by some dim candle-light to set our workshop ready against to-morrow's daylight...

Telle est la position de l'art de nos jours. Il est sans défense et fragilisé au milieu de l'océan de la brutalité utilitaire.

Cuando sostenemos el cuerpo de un amigo que cuelga sobre el abismo y que amenaza con arrastrarnos con su caída, ¿es accidente o es traición el momento en que flaquea nuestra fuerza?

Los negros han sido el principal instrumento, carne de flecha en las batallas, suelo para caminar sobre las ciénagas, paño del sudor y punta de lanza de las expediciones más riesgosas, alimentos de tigres y caimanes en las exploraciones a lo desconocido

pueblo no tenía poder en Colombia.

La violencia ha sido el martillo y el cincel de esta conquista, pero se llega a un punto en que ya nada puede la violencia: todo asalto despierta una avalancha, toda herida devuelve una enfermedad, todo crimen inicia una prodigiosa aniquilación, las respuestas de los dioses no se modulan con palabras comunes, y la furia de los humanos acaba por volverse contra sí misma

alcoholics believe they are a breed apart; they are not happy no matter what they have in life, and the only thing that can truly take away their misery is a drink. No matter what they have in life and no matter how happy they ought to be, they will be depressed because of the chemical imbalance caused by the drink.

We can either resist a drink, or we can't. And if we can't, then we precipitate back to square one.

I knew it wasn't going to be easy to fence a stolen grand piano in outlaw biker circles.

Oh, John, you're a great father, but you don't understand kids. I've worked in hospitals with kids like Jennifer. Kids that were terminal. They had it figured out long before their parents could admit it to themselves." "She is not terminal," he snarled, glaring at Makala angrily. She said nothing. "Damn you, no." He was humiliated by the tears that suddenly clouded his vision. He struggled to choke back the sobs that now overwhelmed him.

If you must fight, fight to win

John was up beside him and slashed out, the bottle smashing across the side of the man's head, shattering.

There is a corner in every human heart made to be filled with hatred, fear, and violence. It is our common curse.

It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear.

What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said.

A poverty-stricken nation with a great art is a greater nation than a wealthy nation with a poverty-stricken art.

Mi sueño es agitado. Mis nervios están desquiciados. Mi piel está seca. Mi cabello cae. Mis ojos están apagados. Las uñas de mis manos y mis pies están quebradizas. Estoy envejeciendo. Comienzo a no encontrar gusto en cosa alguna. Empiezo a aburrirme de las cosas buenas, como me aburro de las malas. Estoy muriendo. Estoy muriendo y no tengo hijos.

If the truth were known, he was half starved, and yet there was still no end of books he ought to read before he died.

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