Quotes by Overwhelming Urge A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as if my body has been meant and made for the act of kneeling. Sometimes, in moments of deep gratitude, kneeling down becomes an overwhelming urge, head deeply bowed, hands before my face. Etty Hillesum overwhelming-urge gratitude hands The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it. F. Scott Fitzgerald overwhelming-urge struggle writing If you feel an overwhelming urge to act spontaneously, pull in the reins Priscilla Shirer overwhelming-urge reins feels By the time I received my doctorate in American studies in 1957, I was in the twisted grip of a disease of our times in which the sufferer experiences an overwhelming urge to join the 'real world.' So I started working for newspapers. Tom Wolfe overwhelming-urge real world
