William Blake - Charles Manson - William Shakespeare - The Seventh Seal 1957 - Madonna - Friedrich Nietzsche - Marquis de Sade - Napoleon Bonaparte - Emile M Cioran - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Karl Rahner - John Milton -
Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time’s swiftness
Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment. William Blake, Milton
From the world of darkness I did loose demons and devils in the power of scorpions to torment. Charles Manson
What devil art thou that dost torment me thus?
This torture should be roared in dismal hell. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet III ii 43-44, Juliet to Nurse
O happy torment, when my torturer
Doth teach me answers for deliverance! William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice III ii 37-38, Bassiano to Portia
It is silliness to live when to live is torment; and then have we a prescription to die when death is our physician. William Shakespeare, Othello I iii 308-310, Roderigo
I often wonder why people torment themselves as soon as they can. The Seventh Seal 1957 starring Max von Sydow & Bengt Ekerot & Gunnar Bjornstrand & Nils Poppe & Bibi Andersson & Ake Fridell & Inga Gill & Erik Strandmark & Bertil Anderberg et al, director Ingmar Bergman, jester woman to knight
I’m a tormented person. I have a lot of demons inside me. My pain is as big as my joy. Madonna, interview 1991
It is invisible hands that torment and bend us the worst. Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
I’ve already told you: the only way to a woman’s heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure. Marquis de Sade
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny. Napoleon Bonaparte
Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment. Emile M Cioran
Thou art to me a delicious torment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable we eventually learn that here, in this life, all symphonies remain unfinished. Karl Rahner
Our torments also may in length of time
Become our elements. John Milton, Paradise Lost 2:274