He knew her mind pretty well, by now, its quick perceptions and sympathies, its painful insistence on truth and directness, its capacity for love almost too deep for a man to reciprocate, even in part.

But to me Beckett's writing had seemed permeated with love for human beings and with a kind of humor that I could reconcile neither with despair nor with nihilism.

`` The Rocking Horse Winner '' is also a story about a boy's love for his mother.

It is the story of the hopeless love of a little boy for his cold and vain mother.

For this love of the boy for his mother is a hopeless and forbidden love, doomed by its nature.

We are also struck by the fact that this story of a boy's love for his mother does not offend, while the incestuous love of the man, Paul Morel, sometimes repels.

In any case, Miss Millay's sweet-throated bitterness, her variations on the theme that the world was not only well lost for love but even well lost for lost love, her constant and wonderfully tragic posture, so unlike that of Fitzgerald since it required no scenery or props, drew from the me that I was when I fell upon her verses an overwhelming yea.

Military knowledge, love of detail, and a sure feeling for the portrayal of action were the added ingredients.

When they were first written, there was evidently no thought of their being published, and those which refer to the writer's love for Mrs. Meynell particularly have the ring of truth.

The motif of Faust's love for Helen of Troy goes back to the sources of the Faustian legend.

Running counter to the destroying forces in the world are all the virtues that are innate in man, the capacity for love and brotherhood, the ability to appreciate beauty.

His desires are so strong that he needs constant reassurance of his mother's love for him and what she expects of him, in order to overcome them.

He won't submit to his natural desires all the time, and it's Mother's love that is responsible for his good behavior.

Bless you my friends, for it is through love and service that brotherhood becomes a reality.

Therefore, give Him your affection and store up His love for you.

Rousseau had to admit that though he couldn't agree to a public performance, he would indeed, just for his own private satisfaction, dearly love to know how his work would sound when done by professional musicians and by trained voices.

I used to love this country and believe that someday we'd win our battle for equality.

She wrote again and now, abandoning for the moment the theme of love, she asked for help in the matter of her career.

His father, a professional engraver and an amateur landscape painter, took his sons on numerous hunting expeditions, and imparted to them his knowledge and love of nature.

Ares plays a relatively limited role in Greek mythology as represented in literary narratives, though his numerous love affairs and abundant offspring are often alluded to.

The letters, part of a larger and somewhat one-sided correspondence in which Heger frequently appears not to have replied, reveal she had been in love with a married man, although they are complex and have been interpreted in numerous ways, including as an example of literary self-dramatisation and an expression of gratitude from a former pupil.

In these latter cases the faiths do not promote deference, as happens in monotheisms ; rather each suggests a path of action that will bring the practitioner into conformance with the divine law: ahimsa — ' no harm ' — for Buddhist and Hindu faiths ; de or te — ' virtuous action ' — in daoism ; and any of numerous practices of peace and love in new age thinking.

There are many other decorating techniques and numerous traditions of giving them as a token of friendship, love or good wishes.

She was also noted for her wit ; among her numerous sayings and quips are " Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies " and " We should take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered day by day.

Because of its varied and current themes of racism, love, jealousy, and betrayal, Othello is still often performed in professional and community theatres alike and has been the basis for numerous operatic, film, and literary adaptations.

He was known for his love of the state of Colorado, which he sang about numerous times.

The numerous love letters that Robert and Elizabeth exchanged before their marriage, however, can give readers a great deal of information about this famous courtship in their own words.

Joséphine was the recipient of numerous love letters written by Napoleon, many of which still exist.

While Gainsbourg declared it the " ultimate love song ," it was considered too " hot "; the song was censored or banned from public broadcast in numerous countries, and in France even the toned-down version was suppressed.

Examples are numerous: Tess's misfortunes begin when she falls asleep while driving Prince to market, thus causing the horse's death ; at Trantridge, she becomes a poultry-keeper ; she and Angel fall in love amid cows in the fertile Froom valley ; and on the road to Flintcombe-Ashe, she kills some wounded pheasants to end their suffering.

Antoninus Liberalis again portrays Byblis as overcome with unanswered love for her brother ; after Caunus leaves, she rejects the proposals of numerous suitors and attempts to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, but is saved by Hamadryads, who cause her to fall asleep and transform her into a fellow nymph.

Phil Anselmo has spoken of his love for black metal numerous times, and has participated in some extreme metal projects with Satyricon frontman Satyr.

He sent her numerous love letters, all of which went unanswered.

* In the House of the Dead, numerous dead people of the Six Intelligent Races lie on invisible catafalques until Anubis requires them to go through the motions of pleasure — eating, drinking, dancing, making love — without any real enjoyment.

Though this myth has numerous forms, it always centers around the unfulfilled and tragic love of a mortal man who is turned into a flower, and a woodland nymph who is transformed into a brambly vine.

Her music has been influenced by numerous genres, including pop, rock, gospel, R & B and soul, and her lyrics focus on themes of poverty, world hunger, and spirituality, with an emphasis on love and romance.

He appears in numerous Angel novels as a member of Angel Investigations, but has a more prominent role in some ; in Stranger to the Sun he falls under a mystical slumber after receiving a mysterious package in the mail and becomes trapped in a nightmare, while Book of the Dead sees his love of reading get the better of him after being sucked into a book about the occult.

These are the more numerous kind of elf in the Third Age, and have great love of, and talent with, music and song.

She lived openly with David Garrick, the foremost actor of the day, and her other love affairs ( including liaisons with Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley and MP Charles Hanbury Williams ) were numerous and notorious.

He is also suave enough to seduce numerous attractive mermaids, some of whom act as double agents as is common with James Bond's love interests.

When he was in residence, Vanier would pray twice daily in the chapel that was eventually fit into the palace's second floor and, at a time when the Canadian federation was under threat from separatists factions in Quebec, Vanier delivered numerous speeches, in both French and English, and infused with words praising the co-habitation of Anglophone and Francophone Canadians ; in one of the last orations he gave, he said: " The road of unity is the road of love: love of one's country and faith in its future will give new direction and purpose to our lives, lift us above our domestic quarrels, and unite us in dedication to the common good ...