"I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell"
- Nellie Bly
About this Quote
This quote by Nellie Bly speaks with the longing of those who are restricted to a health center or other organization. The city symbolizes freedom and life, and yet it is so close yet so far away. It is a pointer of the fragility of life and the power of hope. The city is a suggestion of the life that might be, and yet it is out of reach. It is a pointer of the pleasures of life that are rejected to those who are restricted. The quote speaks with the power of hope and the power of yearning, and how even in the darkest of times, hope can still be found. It is a pointer that even in the most dire of situations, there is still something to eagerly anticipate and something to strive for.
This quote is written / told by Nellie Bly between May 5, 1864 and January 27, 1922. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA.
The author also have 18 other quotes.
"As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us"
"Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows"
