Better to accept the wretched truth than struggle, twisting to make a wish a reality..

We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed al….

I had a visceral connection to the period [of Korean War]. By visceral I suppose I mean emotional. But every fiction requires so much that is not tha….

I wanted to present a sweep and scope of larger events, and a grander backdrop, but most important was to set against that a very singular, real and ….

I had never realized a woman could have to struggle to keep her hands off a man, but here I was, digging my nails into my palms, staring at the insid….

...having nothing to struggle against they have nothing to struggle for..

I always feel I am in the dark. You are never finished... it is not as if you can look back and think: ah... I know what I am talking about. You are ….

Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though someti….

I see so many talented writers of color struggling to get their work out to an audience. I know that's the case for all writers - everyone's struggli….

I have learned from Nature that dependence on unnatural beliefs weakens us in the struggle and shortens our breath for the race..

The violence of war is random. It does not make sense. And many of those who struggle with loss also struggle with the knowledge that the loss was fu….

It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping,….

Most of the young people I know are working so hard, 60 or 70 hours a week. They have no time for recreation or love affairs; it's just work and stru….

For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning..

Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have to do it sequentially. When I w….

The best time is during the struggle. The top of the mountain is usually small, freezing and lonesome. To this day I'm continually reinvesting myself….

But suppose you struggle through to the good and find that it also is dreadful? How if food itself turns out to be the very thing you can't eat, and ….

Even just pestering people with questions, and being nosey and pushy and getting her way, are things I think many young women grow up struggling with….

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time..

Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food..

Putting my hand in someone else’s has always been my definition of happiness. Before I fall asleep, often - in that small struggle not to lose consci….