Tim Burton

It's people who you've seen that have given you a lot. In some ways, I felt they helped me psychologically because you see these people up on the screen going through torment and being on the outside, and somehow you relate to them, and it helps you get through life. It's a real honour and pleasure to then meet these people.

American Director

Toby Stephens

I've learnt an enormous amount from my children. Mostly that my agenda isn't the most important thing in the world. For a while, I was trying to squeeze them into my life. And it was such torment! It makes you realise how selfish you are.

English Actor

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question.

Austrian Philosopher

Laurence Olivier

Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them.

French Lawyer

Salvatore Quasimodo

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.

Italian Author

Jerry West

I went a few times, but I felt there was no way that any therapist could understand my particular torment and also felt in some respects they were sicker than I was.

American Businessman

Joseph Haydn

I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original.

Austrian Composer

Sara Shepard

I was not tormented in any way; I was never even bullied. I had a nice teenage life.

American Author

Alfred de Musset

I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me.

French Writer

Indicates extreme psychological or physical distress, often beyond simple discomfort.

Extreme Suffering

Usually applies to suffering that persists over time, not short-lived problems.

Long Duration

Can describe situations or dilemmas, not just physical sensations.

Metaphorical Use

The action involves causing serious trouble or suffering.

Severity

Implies ongoing, repetitive actions rather than a one-time event.

Repeated Actions

Highlights the emotional toll and distress caused to the individual.

Emotional Impact

Exaggeration to express strong annoyance by a person or situation.

Irritation Level

Often used informally; doesn't always imply severe suffering.

Not Literal

Can describe minor hassles—speaking with exaggeration.

Hyperbolic Use

Often used to describe mental or emotional annoyance.

Psychological Context

 who I got to interview several years ago on a magazine assignment. And we were talking about this, and you know, Tom, for most of his life, he was pretty much the embodiment of the tormented contemporary modern artist, trying to control and manage and dominate these sort of uncontrollable creative impulses that were totally internalized.

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 breathed life into her, sending her to this place of burden and torment. She then turns to the new mother, praising her, telling her she acted like an eagle warrior, a jaguar warrior. By the time they finish, it’s late, and the flames of the fire have died down.

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 A hospital admission followed, the first of many, a diagnosis of schizophrenia came next, and then, worst of all, a toxic, tormenting sense of hopelessness, humiliation and despair about myself and my prospects. But having been encouraged to see the voice

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 yakishima cedars like mighty pillars dominating the canopy the ancient cedars found on this island some of the most fascinating trees in the world they look as if they've been sculpted by some truly tormented mind this one here is less than a thousand

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 the more we feel miserable, we feel tormented. At the opposite, everyone knows deep within that an act of selfless generosity, if from the distance, without anyone knowing anything about it, we could save a child's life, make someone happy.

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 The executed were officials and collaborators who had tormented the masses under Batista. The people supported this revolutionary justice. Which people? An angry mob crying for blood does not a democracy make.

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 We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights,

How the worst moments in...

 The burial was complete, but the taboo of death weighed heavily on the scholar. How could he have been so foolish, to shirk his most important rule and corrupt his divine journey? After a tormented night,

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 her screaming is both cathartic and symbolic as she fights to expel the hurt and torment she has suffered throughout her adult life let her go if you return no more than an hour into her exorcism

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 signals the rituals end Muni will leave but the spirit that tormented her will remain here forever two days later the Exorcist makes a house call to check on

Torment