When I write for publication every word is misery, and my pen stumbles at every line, so anxious am I to find the ideally best expression, and so great is the number of possibilities which open before me at every step.


Translated by Humphry Ward, Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel (Volume 2)

Henri-Frédéric Amiel Quotes

When I write for publication every word is misery, and my pen stumbles at every line, so anxious am I to find the ideally best expression, and so...

When I write for publication every word is misery, and my pen stumbles at every line, so anxious am I to find the ideally best expression, and so...

When I write for publication every word is misery, and my pen stumbles at every line, so anxious am I to find the ideally best expression, and so...

When I write for publication every word is misery, and my pen stumbles at every line, so anxious am I to find the ideally best expression, and so...