Quotes About Suffering

Dante's step into Hell will never be forgotten by Hell.

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

We humans endure the gifts the gods give us, even when we are grieving over what has to be.

I was born with a knife in one hand and a wound in the other.

Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.

the monstrous notion of being so blissed-out in Heaven you won't notice your loved ones shrieking for mercy in Hell — this is put forward by many Christian theologians, including the supposedly respectable William Lane Craig, in response to direct questions from believers who find this whole "not knowing or caring if our loved ones are in agony" thing rather hard to swallow.

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions, and unwanted children living in misery. [Norwegian Prime Minister, speech at 1994 UN International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo. Quoted in The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World, Michelle Goldberg 2009, pp. 103-104]

While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.

While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.

qualunque fortuna tu avessi, tien per certo che tutto sarà castigo» (Manzoni, cap. XXXV). Strappa la massima dal contesto, dov'è ammonizione, e lasciala libera di dichiarare il destino dell'uomo all'infinito.

I nichilisti odiano i pessimisti: chiunque conosca la verità del dolore intralcia i loro piani per l'incremento dell'infelicità del mondo.

Questa mostruosa perdita della bellezza del mondo è il nostro castigo per averne creata una superiore per mezzo dell'arte?

Man dares to allow himself to be cruel, when he's already committed, tranquilly and repeatedly, the crudest act of all: engendering, condemning beings that do not exist or suffer to the horrors of life.

La Puce Puces, amis, amantes même, Qu'ils sont cruels ceux qui nous aiment! Tout notre sang coule pour eux. Les bien-aimés sont malheureux.

You'll stop hurting when you stop hoping.

Why was love such an addictive drug? Why did loving someone cause such suffering?

He was the sort of guy who took a lot without giving her anything back The more he hurt her the more desperately she loved him. Life's strange. Sometimes things happen almost as if we're punishing ourselves for some fault that we can't really identify.

He understood then that neither time nor distance had lessened his love for her. But was love that made him ache with suffering truly worth fighting for?

Martin comprit alors que ni le temps ni la distance n'avait tempéré son amour. Mais un amour qui vous fait souffrir à en crever est-il vraiment un amour ?

Martin, lui, pensa à Gabrielle. Elle était son énigme, son amour et sa blessure. Pour toujours et à jamais. Car il y a des douleurs dans la vie dont on ne peut pas guérir.

Cette bonne humeur qu'il affichait en toutes circonstances cachait sa part d'ombre et de souffrance et son naturel jovial cédait quelquefois la place aux idées noires et au découragement.

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