You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
Quotations
Pain
Best way to get rid of pain is to have some more of it....you will feel better!!
-Anonymous
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
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"
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 133"
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
