Quotes About Pain

In short, if we observe, we shall find that the animal man is pained by nothing so much as by that which is irrational; and, on the contrary, attracted to nothing so much as to that which is rational.

Pain too is just a scary mask: look under it and you will see. The body sometimes suffers, but relief is never far behind.

If anything ail a man," says Thoreau, "so that he does not perform his functions, if he have a pain in his bowels even … he forthwith sets about reforming—the world."3

don't take many words to break a fragile heart!

Desperation's heated breath singed my neck, its jagged teeth prepared to devour my flesh. Poverty growled too, waiting its turn, famished yet patient, a beast that dined on the bones of men.

with attachment comes pain!

He looked like a brand-new heartbreak waiting to happen.

Bisogna venir qui per vedere in quante parti un uomo può esser ferito.

Some of the most painful and debilitating injuries are the hardest to prove.

she died of internal weeping

I know that love is no cure, but rather the disease itself.

You're not a secretary; you're a poet. What makes you think your life is going to be uncomplicated? What makes you think you can avoid all conflict? What makes you think you can avoid pain? Or passion? There's something to be said for passion. Can't you ever allow yourself and forgive yourself?

Breathe! Breathe! I urged Lily. You can do this naturally. Fuck that. I want my epidural as soon as we get there.

Nessuno può evitare di soffrire.

GândeÈ™te-te puÈ›in Oscar. De cine te simÈ›i tu mai apropiat, de un Dumnezeu care nu simte nimic sau de un Dumnezeu care sufer?? - De cel care sufer?, normal. Dar dac-aÈ™ fi fost în locul lui, dac-aÈ™ fi fost Dumnezeu, dac? aÈ™ fi avut puterile lui, m-aÈ™ fi aranjat s? nu suf?r. - Nimeni nu poate s? scape de suferin??. Nici Dumnezeu, nici tu. Nici p?rinÈ›ii t?i, nici eu.

Ból jest po prostu pytaniem, ktore stawiam samemu sobie, ?eby zmierzy? siÅ'Ä™ swojego pragnienia: jeÅ›li cierpienie mnie powstrzymuje, oznacza to, ?e wÅ'aÅ›ciwie wcale nie zale?y mi na po??danej rzeczy. Gdy jednak okazuje siÄ™ ono jedynie drobnÄ… przeszkodÄ…, wiem, ?e moje pragnienie jest silne, gÅ'Ä™bokie. Ból jest poniekÄ…d barometrem moich chÄ™ci.

Sufletul? VorbiÈ›i ca un preot, Fichet! CredeÈ›i c? exist? suflet? - Sigur. E o ran? care sângereaz? mereu È™i nu se vindec? niciodat?. Nu dispare decât odat? cu moartea.

Mi-am ratat întotdeauna sinuciderile. Ca s? fiu mai exact, am ratat întotdeauna totul : È™i viaÈ›a, È™i sinuciderile. Ceea ce e dureros în cazul meu e c?-mi dau seama de asta.

Ecco. Bisogna distinguere due pene, Oscar, la sofferenza fisica e la sofferenza morale. La sofferenza fisica la si subisce. La sofferenza morale la si sceglie.» «Non capisco.» «Se ti piantano dei chiodi nei polsi o nei piedi, non puoi far altro che avere male. Subisci. Invece, all'idea di morire, non sei obbligato ad avere male. Non sai che cos'è. Dipende dunque da te.»

Le persone temono di morire perché hanno paura dell'ignoto. Ma per l'appunto, che cos'è l'ignoto? Ti propongo, Oscar, di non aver paura, ma fiducia. Guarda il viso di Dio sulla croce: subisce il dolore fisico, ma non prova dolore morale perché ha fiducia. Perciò i chiodi lo fanno soffrire meno. Si ripete: mi fa male ma non può essere un male. Ecco. È questo il beneficio della fede.

Personne ne dirige cette guerre. Tout le monde la subit. On ne voit pas sur qui on tire. Les ennemis comme les camarades n'ont le temps d'avoir un visage qu'une fois morts. Cela dépasse toute mesure humaine.

Without effort and willingness to experience pain and anxiety, nobody grows, in fact nobody achieves anything worth achieving.

This was one of the pleasures of recovery: you opened the door to the pain and gnawing tedium, but joy came in as well. All of it, all of it, brilliant and clean and true.

It was only recently that she was beginning to admit to herself how much it hurt to have to be fine.