Use "terrible thing" in a sentence

1. It is a terrible thing to find oneself alone in the world.

C'est terrible de se retrouver abandonnée, seule au monde.

2. Tell him: we both of us live with a terrible thing, a desire for the absolute, the sublime, the perfect

Dites- lui... que nous portons tous deux un terrible fardeau: un désir d' absolu, de sublime, de perfection