“What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside their arms, even while sleeping or eating, and are always in dread lest the foe should enter the fortress by some breach in the walls. O my Lord and my all! How canst thou wish us to prize such a wretched existence?” MenWorldLifeShouldWishSleepExistenceLordEnemyDoorsThis WorldWallArmsEatingLaysMiseryPrizeDreadFoeWretchedBreachFortresses Book:The Interior Castle, or the Mansions Source: The Interior Castle, or the Mansions
“Life compulsively dangled the possibility of life. Life, the dramatist on speed. Life, that couldn't stop with its foreshadows and ironies and symbols and clues, its wretched jokes and false endings and twists. Life with its hopeless addiction to plot.” LifePossibilityJokesAddictionSpeedSymbolsIronyPlotHopelessClueTwistsWretched Author:Glen Duncan
“Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.” LifeHandsGrowsAttitudeVisionGrowing UpComplainingWretched Author:Dag Hammarskjold