“How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began.” PeopleIfsFeelsHas BeensStillsRealJourneyTerribleBlessedWho I AmVersionsReal Me Author:Alicia Keys
“... the first step of the terrible journey toward feeling somebody should act, that ends in utter confusion and hopelessness, east of the sun and west of the moon.” ShouldFirstsEndsFeelingsStepsSunJourneyTerribleMoonWestEastConfusionFirst StepsHopelessness Book:John Ashbery, Lee Harwood, Tom Raworth Source: John Ashbery, Lee Harwood, Tom Raworth
“'ve always defined a truly alluring story as a journey we're not equipped to take ourselves with a person we're tempted but afraid to emulate. Impostor narratives are exactly that. When they end in disaster, as Clark's did, or as Gatsby's did, we can congratulate ourselves for our own wisdom. We can also experience, safely, at no cost, the terrible thrill of radical self-invention, of trading who we are for who we might be.” PersonsEndsSelfStoriesMightJourneyTerribleCostDisasterInventionDefinedRadicalNarrativeWho We AreThrillTradingTemptedEmulateAlluring Author:Walter Kirn
“There was no magic encounter for me with a whale in the ocean; no being zapped by a whale as I snorkelled in their world. Nothing visible or capable of explanation. In fact, I'd never seen a whale. When I first witnessed their terrible death agony, I couldn't get the picture of a whale being harpooned out of my mind. It was a hideous mind-blowing sight. That day I recognised a purpose on the journey of my life.” WorldMindFirstsFactsPurposeMotivationNatureMagicJourneyTerribleOceanCapableSightExplanationEncountersVisibleAgonyWhalesHideousOf My MindMind Blowing Author:Sue Arnold
“There's a terrible stillness. I notice a small tear in the wallpaper above her shoulder. I notice finger marks grimed on the light switch. Somewhere down in the house, a door opens and shuts. As Zoey turns to face me, I realize that life is made up of a series of moments, each one a journey to the end.” MadeEndsMomentsLightFacesLife IsTurnsHouseRealizingDoorsJourneyTearsTerribleMarkSeriesFingersShouldersStillness Author:Jenny Downham
“Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.” JourneyTerribleSorrowArrivingBeloved CountryCry The Beloved Country Book:Cry, the Beloved Country Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“East of the sun and west of the moon.' As unfathomable as the words were, I realized I must figure them out, reason it through. For I would go to this impossible land that lay east of the sun and west of the moon. From the moment the sleigh had vanished from sight and I could no longer hear the silver bells I knew that I would go after the stranger that had been the white bear to make right the terrible wrong I had done him.... All that mattered was to make things right. And I would do whatever it took, journey to wherever I must, to reach that goal.” ReasonDoneMomentsGoalWhiteSunImpossibleJourneyLandFiguresBearsTerribleMoonSightLaysWestStrangerEastI RealizedSilverBellsUnfathomableSleighsMake Things RightSilver Bells Author:Edith Pattou
“I have stood aside to see the phantoms of those days go by me. They are gone, and I resume the journey of my story.’ (David Copperfield) “But all that night he lay awake because the phantoms of those days were not gone. Like the tiny, terrible holes in the prophylactics, the phantoms of those days were not easy to detect—and their meaning was unknown—but they were there.” StoriesNightEasyGoneJourneyTerribleLaysTinyHolesAwakePhantomsResumes Author:John Irving