Quotes About Struggle

When one follows the path with heart, one often bleeds. (But what is the alternative—a cauterized core?)

Being unmarried in a man's world was such a hassle that anything had to be better. Marriage was better. But not much. Damned clever, I thought, how men had made life so intolerable for single women that most would gladly embrace even bad marriages instead.

The virtues about marriage were mostly negative virtues. Being unmarried in a man's world was such a hassle that anything had to be better. Marriage was better. But not much. Damned clever, I thought, how men had made life so intolerable for single women that most would gladly embrace even bad marriages instead.

There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul.

Why is it so hard to be human being? I wonder. Why do we have to surrender? And to what? What if you refused to believe in a higher power? What if you thought you were the only trustworthy higher power? I have done that all my life and I know it doesn't work. You are not enough. Your will is not enough. But God? God is a pagan dream, conjured out of neediness.

Non c'è niente di più terribile di un artista mancato. L'energia rimane, ma, priva com'è di una valvola di sfogo, implode in un gigantesco peto nero di rabbia che offusca tutte le finestre interne dell'anima. Anche se gli artisti di successo sono spesso orribili, non c'è niente di più crudele o vano di un artista fallito.

Women are the only exploited.....

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealised into powerlessness

Femeile sunt singurul grup exploatat din istorie a carui neputinta a fost idealizata.

If you were lucky enough to feel safe enough to fight and struggle, then you were lucky indeed. If you felt loved enough to scream and yell and exercise your power openly, the marriage had a fifty-fifty chance.

Jews are made by the existence of anti-semitism....

All this mundane: merely the ordinary experience of my whiplash generation. Caught between our mothers (who stayed home) and the next generation (who took the right to achieve for granted), we suffered all the transitions of women's history inside our skulls. Whatever we did felt wrong. And whatever we did was fiercely criticized. That was the fate of our generation.

I am nailed to the cross of my imagination.

Si eres una hembra y tenías talento, la vida resultaba una trampa, no importaba el camino que eligieras. O te sumergías en la vida doméstica (y tenías fantasías a lo Walter Mitty para fugarte) o suspirabas por la vida doméstica en todo tu arte. Nunca podías escapar a la condición de hembra. El conflicto estaba escrito en tu mismísima sangre. Miedo a volar

There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but having no outlet, it implodes in a great fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul.

Sunt furios c? m-am împotmolit într-o împieliÈ›at? de filozofie pe care spiritul meu nu se poate împiedica s? n-o aprobe, iar inima s-o nege.

La vie n'est ni un jeu ni un match, sinon il y aurait des gagnants.

Ce qui constitue la beauté d'une bataille, ce n'est ni le succès ni la défaite, c'est la raison de la bataille.

Capisco che l'adolescenza venga definita l'età ingrata. E' dura. Ma alla fine, a vent'anni suonati, le cose si aggiustano.

Nessuno può evitare di soffrire.

Tu agonises parce que tu as tout recouvert, tes émotions, tes problèmes, ton histoire. Tu ne sais pas qui tu es, donc tu ne te construit pas à partir de toi

Yer deÄŸiÅŸtirmelerim izimi kaybetmemi saÄŸl?yordu. Her bir görev, özümlemem gereken yeni yeni öÄŸeler ortaya ç?kartarak, geçmiÅŸimi unutmam? saÄŸl?yordu; yeni durumlar sayesinde, içimdeki deÄŸil, yaln?zca benim d???mdaki sorunlarla mücadele ediyordum.

În fiecare zi furam sticle de alcool, le îngropam pe cele goale È™i aveam nevoie de cantit??i din ce în ce mai mari ca s?-mi alung gândurile.

Mi-am ratat întotdeauna sinuciderile. Ca s? fiu mai exact, am ratat întotdeauna totul : È™i viaÈ›a, È™i sinuciderile. Ceea ce e dureros în cazul meu e c?-mi dau seama de asta.