The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
Quotations
Pain
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
