Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere's not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there.
Donald BarthelmeWith the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
Abraham LincolnThere's a mystical strain in every country, and eclipses are likely to bring that out.
Richard Dawkins...being with you was so easy and natural - there was no strain - I never had to guard my words...
A Familiar Rain