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“And then came the pain. First in her leg, as if something had sunk its teeth into it. A huge beast, a dog, maybe. It locked its jaws onto her limb and tore at the muscles with its teeth. She scream...”
“She was convinced the demonic pain she had suffered in her leg as a child had been in some sort of preparation for the accident. Engraved in her memory was how she had been left speechless by the f...”
“I think it was the first real pain I ever felt in my life...It wasn't what I thought it would be at all. It didn't put an end to me as a person. I think...it gave me a basis for comparison, finding...”
“I'm afraid of life! There are times I--I am very frightened. Any happiness seems trivial. And yet, I wonder if it isn't all a misunderstanding-- this grasping after happiness, this fear of pain... ...”
“There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.”
“The wound has gradually become dearer to me than my own flesh and blood, and I have thought its pain to be the emotion of the wound as it lived or even its murmur of affection”
“When you're hurting, you hurt yourself.”
“After I read a good book, I have a hard time coping with reality.”
“I can't believe how hard it is. The pain is indescribable. It's like I've been turned into sandstone and my insides are being slowly hollowed out by a chisel and mallet.”
“We all know pain, Nate said. It becomes a part of us But it doesn't define us.”
“Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.”
“You will not die of pain, but you will never get used to it. Pain is unique in that it does not show habituation or neural adaptation, like smell, or touch.”
“And also because - Oh, my darling, my darling, forgive me; Im going to cause you quite a lot of pain.”
“I gritted my teeth and suffered my agony in silence. I did it for a sense of control, even though I knew that screaming was a release that would help ease a little of my pain.”
“The most difficult thing is letting go of something you believed you were born to do, but there is always other options.”
“The ruthless, in the end, are the ones that will succeed.Those not held down by moral, by law, by emotion will triumph.Ruthlessness is the father of victory.Ruthlessness brings victory, but it also...”
“He was exhausted ,tired to his core ,The 'weight' of the world was crushing his soul!He carried so much ,Within him , for so so long ."Beast of burden" - that's what he was!His rugged face filled w...”
“I wanted to show these people who he really was. And pain always did that, took the insides out."pg 364”
“I may be in pain, but I am not weak.”
“Over many a race the sun's bright net was spreadAnd loosed their pearls nor left them even a thread.This dire world delights us, though all supAll whom she mothersfrom one mortal cup.Choose from tw...”
