Quotes About Pain

Still, if one has to suffer in order to be beautiful, one must also expect to be ugly in order not to suffer.

The spoils of recent technological imperialism have been enormous; but meanwhile nemesis [from Greek mythology] has seen to it we get our kicks as well as halfpence. For example, has the ability to travel from New York to Los Angeles given more pleasure to the human race than dropping bombs and fire has given pain?

The spoils of recent technological imperialism have been enormous; but meanwhile nemesis [from Greek mythology] has seen to it we get our kicks as well as halfpence. For example, has the ability to travel in twelve hours from New York to Los Angeles given more pleasure to the human race than dropping bombs and fire has given pain?

El cáncer de pulmón, los accidentes de tránsito y los millones de alcohólicos miserables y transmisores de miseria son hechos todavía más ciertos de lo que era en tiempos de Dante el hecho del Infierno.

Uno debe poder sentirse herido y trastornado; de lo contrario, no puede pensar frases realmente buenas, penetrantes como los rayos X.

Most men and women lead lives at the worst so painful, at the best so monotonous, poor and limited that the urge to escape, the longing to transcend themselves if only for a few moments, is and has always been one of

Often in the past he had wondered what it would be like to be subjected (soma-less and with nothing but his own inward resources to rely on) to some great trial, some pain, some persecution; he had even longed for affliction.

Una de las principales funciones de un amigo es el sufrir (en forma más suave y simbólica) los castigos que queremos, y no podemos infligir a nuestros enemigos.

My friend tells me that memory fails me in part because nature mercifully wishes to hide from us things which are painful. The spider-web of protective forgetfulness is woven over the mouth of the cave which conceals the raw head and bloody bones of our misfortunes. But the greatest men, says King Lamus, are those that refuse to be treated like squalling children, who insist on facing reality in every form, and tear off ruthlessly the bandages from their own wounds.

No cree usted que el dolor es cien veces más intolerable cuando nos rodea el amor y el triunfo, cuando la sangre es joven, y todo a nuestro alrededor se viste de rosas?

Hubiérase dicho que un dolor supremo lo hacía superior a los temores ordinarios.

hay cosas que dichas duelen a quien las escucha y no sanan a quien las comparte

While customarily splling coffee grounds all over the counter, I spotted a can in the corner whose red label read SADNESS. Was there so much of it they could can it and sell it? A bolt of pain went through my intestines before I realized that it was not SADNESS but SARDINES.

We are full of words whose true meaning we haven't been taught, and one of those words is suffering. Another is the word death. We don't know what they mean, but we use them, and this is a mystery.

la vendetta] è il solo farmaco che ci sia contro il dolore, tutto quello che si è trovato per non impazzire, è la droga con cui ci rendono capaci di combattere.

Edel, ¿hay algún modo de conseguir hombres que no hagan daño? Eso debe de habérselo preguntado Dios también, en su momento.

Sono i desideri che salvano. Quando era troppo tardi, io ho iniziato a desiderare. Con tutta la forza che avevo. Mi sono fatta tanto di quel male che tu non te lo puoi nemmeno immaginare.

Nunca oí ni siquiera su voz -Es un dolor extraño. Quedo. -Morir de nostalgia por algo que no vivirás jamás.

la condanna di quelli, molti, che non sono capaci di toccare senza far male [...]

Un giorno mi sono accorto che non m'importava più di nulla, e che tutto mi feriva a morte.

Aš netgi negird?jau jos balso. O po valand?l?s. - Tai keista kan?ia. Švelniai. - Mirti iš ilgesio d?l kažko, ko jau niekad nepatirsi.

Anche se dovesse far male da morire, è vivere che voglio.

porque no hay nada en la faz de la tierra, nada que respire o camine, nada tan infeliz como lo es el hombre.

Es un dolor extraño. Morir de nostalgia por algo que no vivirás nunca.