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“The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food--it seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we take another bite and find it possible to go on.”

Ifs Firsts Moments Seems Goes On Taste Hunger Bitter Hardship Bites Unbearable

Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“The world goes on as before, and it turns out that nobody else seems to to notice the unbearable lightness of being.”

World Seems Turns Goes On Unbearable Lightness Unbearable Lightness Of Being Unbearable Lightness

Author:Lewis H. Lapham

“But the people did get it. They had lost something -- not exactly their fear, but their patience. Suddenly it seemed unbearable to go on accepting these systems, these portly little idiots in their blue suits, for another year, and then for another day, another hour. That special sort of impatience is the power-surge of revolution.”

People Years Littles Lost Hours Accepting Special Revolution Goes On Blue Suits Idiot Unbearable Impatience Another Day Another Year

Author:Neal Ascherson

“the search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on. ... At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in a blaze of style.”

Worst Style Goes On Ultimate Architecture Urban Unbearable Skyscraper Urban Life

Book:The tall building artistically reconsidered: the search for a skyscraper style

Source: The tall building artistically reconsidered: the search for a skyscraper style

“Because I actively enjoy sleeping, dreams, the unexplainable dialogues that take place in my head as I am drifting off, all that, I tell myself that lying down to an afternoon nap that goes on and on through eternity is not something to be concerned about. What spoils this pleasant fancy is the recollection that when people are dead they don't read books. This I find unbearable.”

Source: Later novels and stories: The château, So long, see you tomorrow, stories and improvisations, 1957-1999