Quotes about pain
pain disappointment children
I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. And by telling myself that there was nothing inside those hopes anyway, I avoided the wounds of deep disappointment. The pain was no worse than the quick sting of a booster shot. And yet thinking about this makes me ache again. How is it that as a child I knew I should have been loved more? Is everyone born with a bottomless emotional resevoir? Amy Tan
pain stupid men
From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.
pain revenge moments
In moments of pain, we seek revenge. Ami Ayalon
pain liars lying
All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth. Aminatta Forna
pain war night
let us thank God for having made us this gift of death, so that life is to have meaning; of night, that day is to have meaning; silence, that speech is to have meaning; illness, that health is to have meaning; war, that peace is to have meaning. Let us give thanks to Him for having given us weariness and pain, so that rest and joy are to have meaning. Let us give thanks to him, whose wisdom is infinite. Amin Maalouf
pain dirty ideas
If Slumdog Millionaire projects India as a Third World, dirty-underbelly, developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations. It's just that the Slumdog Millionaire idea authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative Golden Globe recognition. The other would perhaps not. Amitabh Bachchan
pain unseen torture
The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject. Amiri Baraka
pain sleep forever
Suddenly, I viddied what I had to do, and what I had wanted to do, and that was to do myself in; to snuff it, to blast off for ever out of this wicked, cruel world. One moment of pain perhaps and, then, sleep forever, and ever and ever. Anthony Burgess
pain animal meat-industry
I don't like to see animals in pain. That was very uncomfortable to me. I don't like factory farming. I'm not an advocate for the meat industry. Anthony Bourdain
pain grief soul
After the dead are buried, after the physical pain of grief has become a permanent wound in the soul, then comes the transcendent and common bond of human suffering, and with that comes forgiveness, and with forgiveness comes love. Andre Dubus
pain love-you quality
It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing.... Andre Gide
pain wanted my-own
I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own. Ann Patchett
pain memories struggle
The struggle to emerge out of the past, clean of memories; the inadequacy of our hearts to cut life into separate and final portions; the pain of this constant ambivalence and interrelation of emotions; the hunger for frontiers against which we might learn as upon closed doors before we proceed forward; the struggle against diffusion, new beginnings, against finality in acts without finality or end, in our cursedly repercussive being.. Anais Nin
pain violence mystery
The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of creation.
pain masters
Pain is something to master, not to wallow in.
pain home unique
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain. Amanda Lindhout
pain caring emotional
When I am confronted with emotional pain, I try to allow myself the time to properly grieve. We are caring, emotional beings, and attempting to suppress pain will only cause it to negatively manifest itself in other ways. Amanda Schull
pain believe life-is-good
When life is good and we have no problems, we can almost let ourselves believe we have no need for God. But in my experience, sometimes the richest blessings come through pain and hard things. Anne Graham Lotz
pain dark sweat
Now every mortal has pain and sweat is constant, but if there is anything dearer than being alive, it's dark to me. We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth-- we call it life. We know no other. The underworld's a blank and all the rest just fantasy. Anne Carson
pain quality demand
One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.
pain war struggle
Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?...Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together! Anne Frank
pain self talking
So I make no effort to hide my pain. I don’t ever put it all on display like this—but for today and all the rest of the days of the trial, I must. My every flinch, every flicker of pain, will be magnified a hundred times over, then dissected by the pundits and talking heads. But I’m told it’s necessary; the world needs to see me vulnerable and wounded. I cannot appear not to care or to lack remorse, but that removes a crucial component of my self- defense mechanism and leaves me bleeding for all the world to see. I suppose that’s rather the point. Ann Aguirre
pain perfection bears
Sometimes it felt as if all happiness came at a price. You could never, ever, have perfection. Life gave you beauty so you could bear the pain.
pain distance glasses
We stand a professional distance apart, as if I can’t feel his pain screaming in my head. Mine amplifies his; they share a joint sound—that of glass breaking—until they swell to a crescendo that deafens.
pain surviving knows
More than most, I know the pain of surviving.
pain adversity grieving
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain: So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee, With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me; But if thou live to see like right bereft, This fool-begged patience in thee will be left. William Shakespeare
pain work delight
The labor we delight in physics [cures] pain.
pain delight vain
Why, all delights are vain; but that most vain, Which, with pain purchas'd, doth inherit pain.
pain reality lakes
Dying is like diving into a deep lake on a hot day. There's the shock of that sharp, cold change, the pain of it for a second, and then accepting is a swim in reality. But after so many times, even the shock wears off. Richard Bach
pain rain winter
Out alone in the winter rain, / Intent on giving and taking pain. Robert Frost
pain
Those of us who make up poems have agreed not to say what the pain is. Robert Bly
pain husband mean
My parents were glad to see that my new husband looks like a 'regular guy'-no earring or anything. But really I think a man with an earring is better prepared for marriage. I mean, he's already experienced pain and bought jewelry. Rita Rudner
pain enemy
Pain isn't always the enemy. Rita Mae Brown