“For years, I had used these fractured men to justify my cynicism and workaholism, and the grief, insomnia and casual anorexia were no longer of any interest to me.” MenYearsUsedInterestGriefJustifyCynicismInsomniaCasualAnorexiaWorkaholic Author:Antonella Gambotto-Burke
“Joy and grief decide character. What exalts prosperity? what imbitters grief? what leaves us indifferent? what interests us? As the interest of man, so his God - as his God, so he.” MenCharacterJoyInterestGriefProsperityIndifferentJoy And Grief Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“We have such numerous interests in our lives that it is not uncommon, on a single occasion, for the foundations of a happiness that does not yet exist to be laid down alongside the intensification of a grief from which we are still suffering.” DoeStillsSufferingInterestGriefOur LivesFoundationOccasionsUncommon Book:In Search of Lost Time: The Way by Swann's Source: In Search of Lost Time: The Way by Swann's
“All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the Russians. But in reality it was not like that...The majority of the people paid no attention to the general course of events but were influenced only by their immediate personal interests.” PeopleSelfStoriesRealityCoursesInterestGriefAttentionSacrificeEventsDespairPaidMajorityDescriptionExceptionHeroismSelf SacrificePersonal Interest Author:Leo Tolstoy
“Cry your grief to God. Howl to the heavens. Tear your shirt. Your hair. Your flesh. Gouge out your eyes. Carve out your heart. And what will you get from Him? Only silence. Indifference. But merely stand looking at the playbills, sighing because your name is not on them, and the devil himself appears at your elbow full of sympathy and suggestions. And that's why I did it....Because God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.” HeartEyeNamesHeavenInterestGriefSilenceCryTearsHairDevilFleshGod LoveIndifferenceShirtsSuggestionsElbowsHowlGod Loves Us Book:Revolution Source: Revolution
“It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know whether you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.” KnowsWantNeedsChildrenDoneNightInterestGriefDespairBonesGet UpWearyBruisedWhere You Live Author:Oriah Dreamer