The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
Quotations
Pain
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
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 inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
Pain and joy are like light and darkness; they are two sides of the same medal. They are interdependent and inseparably connected to each other.
-Trinley Thaye Dorje "Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje"
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
Pain will come with time, but time will heal the pain.
-Anthony Liccione
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
