You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
Quotations
Pain
Pain will come with time, but time will heal the pain.
-Anthony Liccione
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
If life is a journey then let my soul travel and share your pain.
-Santosh Kalwar
Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that.
-Jeb Dickerson
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
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 133"
