“We are America; we don't torture. And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train.” WantMomentsAmericaCasesTrainTorture Author:Shepard Smith
“From the moment I start a new novel, life's just one endless torture. The first few chapters may go fairly well and I may feel there's still a chance to prove my worth, but that feeling soon disappears and every day I feel less and less satisfied.” FeelsFirstsWellsMayStillsMomentsFeelingsChanceNovelProveDisappearEndlessSatisfiedTortureJust OneChaptersDissatisfaction Author:Emile Zola
“I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.” MomentsChildhoodPainfulTortureBrushesAmusementPainful Moments Author:Aisha Tyler
“In my youth and comparative inexperience I had always regarded the yearning and pangs of love as the worst torture that could afflict the human heart. At this moment, however, I began to realize that there was another and perhaps grimmer torture than that of longing and desiring: that of being loved against one's will and of being unable to defend oneself against the urgency of another's passion; of seeing another human being seared by the flame of her desire and of having to look impotently, lacking the power, the capacity, the strength to pluck her from the flames.” LoveHumansLooksHeartMomentsDesirePassionRealizingHuman BeingsSeeingWorstYouthCapacityLongingOneselfFlamesTortureYearningLackingHuman HeartUrgencyBeing LovedPluckInexperience Author:Stefan Zweig
“Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments.” SelfMomentsTortureDoubtersBrief Moments Book:Fear of Fifty Source: Fear of Fifty