Torment

Famous quotes containing the word torment:

“The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and “mangled mind” leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.”
—Elizabeth Drew (1887–1965)

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

“Spirit is the life that itself cuts into life: with its own torment it increases its own knowledge. Did you already know that?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)