Word: tormenting
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...dear Mother," he answered avuncularly. "You are not so much in the dark as you think ... You have exterior facts enough to see that God blesses your work ... Feelings are not required and often may be misleading." And yet feelings - or rather, their lack - became her life's secret torment. How can you assume the lover's ardor when he no longer grants you his voice, his touch, his very presence? The problem was exacerbated by an inhibition to even describe it. Teresa reported on several occasions inviting a confessor to visit and then being unable to speak. Eventually...
...Bergman wasn't kidding. Most of his 60-some films, from his 1944 screenwriting debut with the schoolroom drama Torment through his swan song Saraband, released in the U.S. in 2005, were about the plague of the modern soul - the demons and doubts, secrets and lies that men and woman evaded but were forced to confront, to their peril. This agonized Swede was a surgeon who operated on himself. He cut into his own fears, analyzed his failings, perhaps sought forgiveness through art. He may never have found that expiation; he lived his last years alone on remote Faro island...
Lisa Cullen's July 2 Essay "Demoting the Dog" arrived just in time to explain the torment I experienced when my master's daughter visited with the first grandchild. I thought I was "top dog" since the kids moved out of the house, but now I am close to being an entrée in an exotic restaurant. Since this new arrival seems to eat constantly, I thought eating a loaf of bread and all the bagels might be endearing, but no. Chewing up the breast pump didn't go over well either. My only hope...
...witnessed Gore's recent resurgence, there is no doubt in my mind that if he decides to run, he would be in an excellent position to become the next U.S. President. Although he has been successfully spreading his message about global warming, memories of the 2000 election must still torment him to some degree. I think Gore will continue to keep the door ajar and then some time in the fall declare that he indeed will run. By then, much of the excitement around Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will have faded, and paradoxical as it may seem, political veteran...
...witnessed Gore's recent resurgence, there is no doubt in my mind that, if he decides to run, he would be in an excellent position to become the next U.S. President. Although he has been successfully spreading his message about global warming, memories of the 2000 election must still torment him to some degree. I think Gore will continue to keep the door ajar and then some time in the fall declare that he indeed will run. By then, much of the excitement around Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will have faded, and paradoxical as it may seem, political veteran...