You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
Quotations
Pain
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 133"
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that.
-Jeb Dickerson
Pain will come with time, but time will heal the pain.
-Anthony Liccione
If life is a journey then let my soul travel and share your pain.
-Santosh Kalwar
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
There’s nothing more painful than remembering something happy while you are distressed.
-Dante Alighieri
Pain will leave you, when you let go.
-Jeremy Aldana
