Agonizing – Quotes

They [his ‘Street Scene’

They [his ‘Street Scene’ paintings and drawings,he made in Berlin] originated in the years 1911-14, in one of the loneliest times of my life, during which an agonizing restlessness drove me out onto the streets day and night, which were filled with people and cars. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

The Soul unto itself Is

The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend, – Or the most agonizing Spy – An Enemy – could send – Emily Dickinson

The pain of loss,

The pain of loss, moreover, however agonizing, however haunting in memory, quiets imperceptibly into acceptance as the currents of active living and of fresh emotions flow over it. Elizabeth Drew

Love, we say, is

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death. Elbert Hubbard

I wouldn\\’t say Musashi

I wouldn’t say Musashi is ordinary. But he is. That’s what’s extraordinary about him. He is not content to rely on whatever natural gifts he may have. Knowing he is ordinary, he is constantly trying to improve himself. No one appreciates the agonizing effort he’s had to make. Now that his years of training have … Read more

In how large a

In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations–fear. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

I don\\’t know what

I don’t know what it is that makes a writer go to his desk in his shut-off room day after day after year after year unless it is the sure knowledge that not to have done the daily stint of writing that day is infinitely more agonizing than to write. Edna Ferber