All my life I struggled to stretch my mind to the breaking point, until it began to creak, in order to create a great thought which might be able to give a new meaning to life, a new meaning to death, and to console mankind. Nikos Kazantzakis
In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. Jane Austen
I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up. Elia Kazan
You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you. Emily Brontë
Some words having to do with the death of the people in the World Trade Center attack had been added, and when I got to it, I had this overwhelmingly emotional experience. I struggled to get through the words; tears were streaming down my cheeks. Leonard Nimoy
No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another. Barry White