Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
Quotations
Pain
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"
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
