Quotes About Pain

My heart is broken, he told himself. It was at that moment he understood the profound meaning of that common phrase: he thought he heard the sound of glass breaking and felt that the essence of his being was pouring out until he was empty, with no memory of the past, no awareness of the present, no hope for the future.

El dolor es inevitable, pero el sufrimiento es optativo.»

There is no light without shadows, just as there is no happiness without pain.

No era un dolor de músculos entumecidos, sino de tristezas acumuladas y de abandono

That was the beginning of the revolution. Many years have gone by and blood keeps running, soaking the soil of Haiti, but I am not there to weep.

mientras más profunda la herida más privado era el dolor.

el dolor es inevitable en el paso por esta vida, pero dicen que casi siempre es tolerable si no se le opone resistencia y no se agregan miedo y angustia.

Un dolor así, dolor del alma, no se quita con remedios, terapia o vacaciones; un dolor así se sufre, simplemente, a fondo, sin atenuantes, como debe ser

La nostalgia desgasta y aniquila, es el vicio de los desterrados.

Si nada me duele, es que amanecí muerta

know what helps most in misfortune, Irina? To talk. Nobody can go around in this world all alone. Why do you think I set up the pain clinic? Because shared pain is more bearable. The clinic is useful for the patients but is even more useful to me. We all have demons in the dark recesses of our soul, but if we bring them out into the light, they grow smaller and weaker, they fall silent and eventually leave us in peace." Irina tried to free herself from the tentacle-like

Since we're going to suffer, let's clench our teeth," she said. Pain like that, pain of the soul, does not go away with remedies, therapy, or vacations; you simply endure it deep down, fully, as you should. I would have done well to follow my Nini's example, instead of denying that I was suffering and stifling the howl that was stuck in my chest.

Caminando y caminando por el mundo se irá consolando de a poco y un día, cuando ya no pueda dar un paso más de fatiga, se dará cuenta de que no se puede escapar del dolor; hay que domesticarlo, para que no moleste.

el dolor es un camino solitario.

Souls in pain know no borders.

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

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

Inchi ochii si vad imaginea dureroasa a fiica-mii in scaunul cu rotile, privind fix spre mare, dincolo de orizont, acolo unde incepe moartea.

No sólo perdía a Rosa, su madre, los amigos, el trabajo y su pasado. Perdía su patria. —Mi país..., mi país... —sollozó.

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...

She learned to bear her troubles alone and with dignity, convinced no one was interested in other people's problems, and that pain borne in silence eventually evaporated.

La libertad que él tenía, a ella le dolía como un reproche, como una injusticia.