Torment

Famous quotes containing the word torment:

“No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years of torment and hatred.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“each rock a word
a creek-washed stone
Granite: ingrained
with torment of fire and weight”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

“Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)