“There have been hours in my unhappy life, many of them, when the contemplation of death as the end of earthly sorrow - of the grave as a resting place for the tired and worn out body - has been pleasant to dwell upon.” Has BeensEndsBodyHoursSorrowTiredGravesUnhappyContemplationPleasantHappy LifeWornWorn OutUnhappy Life Book:Twelve Years a Slave Source: Twelve Years a Slave
“When life is unhappy it is hard to endure, when it is happy it is terrible to think of it ending. Both amount to the same thing in the end.” ThinkingEndsHardLife IsAmountTerribleEndureUnhappyUnhappiness Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“When any living thing has come to the end of its cycle, we accept that end as natural. When that intangible cycle has run its course it is a natural and not unhappy thing that a life comes to its end.” EndsRunningDeathCoursesNaturalAcceptingUnhappyCyclesLiving ThingsIntangible Author:Rachel Carson
“It is precisely the sort of thing I am always trying to do in my writing -- to present my unhappy reader with a wide-ranged chaos -- of actions and reactions, thoughts, memories and feelings -- in the vain hope that at the end he will see that the whole thing represents only one moment, one feeling, one person. A raging, trumpeting jungle of associations, and then I announce at the end of it, with a gesture of despair, "This is I!” WritingTryingPersonsEndsWholeMomentsFeelingsActionMemoriesReaderDespairChaosWideRageUnhappyReactionsVainAssociationGesturesJungleAlways TryingAction And Reaction Book:Blue Voyage: A Novel Source: Blue Voyage: A Novel