And in order to awaken her thirst He turns her back upon the shameful wretchedness of her life, that she may forget the water of Jacob's well in thirst for relief from shame and misery.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
If there are poverty and wretchedness existing here it is not obvious to the stranger.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
The passion of love may break the bonds of custom, and for a swift space the world may seem lit by a magic light; but the awakening comes, and the poison works, and in the cold wretchedness of reality even love will die.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell