I suppose it is the inexhaustible nature of us that we feel alive only while we search. Man must go on sparring with himself in excruciating unbalance, alive only when he is scintillating like an agitated needle on some huge instrument, tremulous between the agony of desiring and the lethargy of satiety.


Answer Without Ceasing (1949)

Margaret Lee Runbeck Quotes

I suppose it is the inexhaustible nature of us that we feel alive only while we search. Man must go on sparring with himself in excruciating...

I suppose it is the inexhaustible nature of us that we feel alive only while we search. Man must go on sparring with himself in excruciating...

I suppose it is the inexhaustible nature of us that we feel alive only while we search. Man must go on sparring with himself in excruciating...

I suppose it is the inexhaustible nature of us that we feel alive only while we search. Man must go on sparring with himself in excruciating...