Quotes About Suffering

Em toda uma vida de convivência com a miséria e a dor, não se lhe tinha endurecido a alma, mas, pelo contrário, era cada vez mais vulnerável à piedade.

Esta violencia es el resultado de una guerra perpetua contra los pobres.

el dolor es un camino solitario.

El espectro de la pobreza, como el de la soledad, rondaba siempre a los viejos.

Souls in pain know no borders.

Y ejecutados los había por docenas de miles; tanta sangre habría de correr, que al año siguiente los campesinos aseguraban que las cebollas salían rojas y encontraban dientes humanos dentro de las patatas.

I didn't get to prepare myself as well as I would've liked, and now there's a lady, who must be death, sitting at the foot of my bed, motioning for me to follow her. I can't distinguish clearly between night and day, and it doesn't matter, because pain and memory aren't measured with clocks. The morphine puts me to sleep and transports me to the dimension of dreams and visions.

sin sufrimiento, no hay historia

In Chile we suffer from a particular form of hypocrisy. We act as if we're scandalized by any little peccadillo someone else commits at the same time that we are stacking up barbarous sins in private.

Relax, Victor. Going around in a sulk will get you nowhere. Pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional.

Eso de andar enfurruñado no sirve para nada. El dolor es inevitable, pero el sufrimiento es optativo

murieron cerca de quince mil personas en esos campos franceses de hambre, inanición, maltrato y enfermedades.

Al necesitado no se le pregunta quién es ni de dónde viene, Richard. Todos somos iguales en la desgracia», le decía

El flagelo comenzó con un resfriado de ultratumba que nada podía mitigar, las arenas movedizas de la fiebre, los apaleamientos del dolor de cabeza, el ardor ardiente en los ojos y la garganta, el delirio acompañado de la espantosa visión de la muerte acechando a medio metro de distancia. La piel tomó un color azul violáceo cada vez más oscuro, los pies y las manos se tornaron negros, la tos impedía respirar...

Varios soldados de Almagro que no perecieron de inmediato a manos de sus compatriotas fueron aniquilados por los indios, que descendieron de los cerros al final de la batalla, dando alaridos de contento, porque por una vez las víctimas no eran ellos. Celebraron vejando los cadáveres; los hicieron picadillo a cuchilladas y golpes de piedra.

wretchedness of some and the arrogance of

La muerte con dignidad es un derecho humano, pero la ley y el establecimiento médico a menudo nos obligan a vivir más allá de la dignidad.

Despite all this, they considered themselves fortunate, because they were together. Other families had been split up; first the men had been taken off to what were known as relocation camps, then the women and children sent to another one. In some cases it was two or three years before they were reunited.

Al verla en esa cama de hierro, con los ojos cerrados, los párpados transparentes, cada instante más pálida, respirando con dificultad y conectada a sondas y cables, me volvieron los recuerdos más crueles de tu enfermedad en Madrid.

C'erano giorni in cui rimaneva imbrigliato negli incubi senza mai svegliarsi del tutto.

Dios no nos manda sufrimientos sin la fortaleza para soportarlos.

When I was a girl in my grandfather's house, the men in the family had money, cars, and freedom to come and go anytime they wanted, as well as the authority to make all decisions, even the smallest ones, such as what would appear on the dinner menu. My mother had none of that; she lived off her father's and older brother's charity. She also had to protect her reputation. How much of that did I perceive? Enough to suffer for it.

Sometimes I am assaulted by the memory of a scene from that time on the street, a memory that flares up inside me and leaves me trembling. Other times I wake up sweating with images in my head, as vivid as if they were real. In the dream I see myself running naked, screaming voicelessly, in a labyrinth of narrow alleys that coil like serpents, buildings with blank doors and windows, not a soul to ask for help, my body burning, my feet bleeding, bile in my mouth, all alone.

been able to plan his future with the irrational confidence of someone who hasn't really suffered. He's