The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart
Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen.
“Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?”
“Love as thou wilt”
“All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.”
“The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.”
“And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.”
“Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to preserve one's homeland”
“Its something of a clich, at least among war correspondents, that war makes people unusually horny; what it actually does is make you want to touch as much flesh as you can get your hands on.”
“People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?”
“My mind knows what is right, but my flesh is at war against my spirit?”
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”
“Men work together,' I told him from the heart,'Whether they work together or apart.”
“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”
“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It ...”
“In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.”
“It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.”