#longed

The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me. ↗

— Ida Tarbell

#against #belonged #chance #circle #circles

So when I was very young, I longed for Brazil. ↗

— Walter Salles

#i #longed #very #young

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another! ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#before #behind #changes #die #enter

Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to the future and to the past. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#almost #belonged #deeply #equally #future

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged. ↗

— Faye Dunaway

#feel #girl #i #like #little

I never belonged anywhere. I just felt like a creature from another planet. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#anywhere #belonged #creature #felt #i

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#authorities #belonged #men #morocco #people

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again. ↗

— David Viscott

#any #consequence #effort #enthusiasm #face

My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#before #belonged #brother #considerably #different

In fourth grade I had a high school reading level, but I didn't want to go to school and I didn't feel I belonged there. ↗

— Freddie Prinze

#feel #fourth #go #grade #had