Famous quotes containing the words tension and/or length:
“The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.”
—Havelock Ellis (18591939)
“Nor had I erred in my calculationsnor had I endured in vain. I at length felt that I was free.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (18091849)