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01184ff Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces. beauty experience flight flying freedom growing growth heal healing hurt hurting inspirational inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspiring learning life life-and-living life-lessons living living-life pain painful wind wings wisdom wisdom-in-life wisdom-quotes C. JoyBell C.
3c4cc99 From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain. center coexist exist existence find-a-way haruki-murakam intense japan japanese life murakami pain painful purpose the-wind-up-bird-chronicle Haruki Murakami
fb13b3b At times he felt that he had almost rather not be in love with her, for it brought him no peace. What was the use of it, if it was only going to be painful? disappointed feeling felt her in-love love no-peace not-rather painful times use what-if Larry McMurtry
14a1507 To be sensitive is fine, but it makes day-to-day living- life -rather painful. painful sensitive Marisha Pessl
e1d3ba1 You ache with it all; and the more mysterious it is, the more you ache. love mystery pain painful sadness suffer Fyodor Dostoyevsky
8963081 And for all he had learned to bandage himself up on the outside, the wound remained just as bad and deep as the moment it had been made - when it became obvious that the one male he wanted above all others was never, ever going to be with him. lovers lovesickness painful J.R. Ward
5460d8d Although he doesn't know it yet, she isn't his real life. But he is hers. This is painful. one-sided-love painful sad the-robber-bride unequal-affections unrequited-love Margaret Atwood
7d45e39 Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become woman was painful. I wept because I was no longer a child with a child's blind faith. I wept because my eyes were opened to reality. growth innocence metamorphosis painful reality transformation wept woman Anaïs Nin
3c78923 "You've obviously never been in love." "I have actually. And . And--always--without hope--I've never had my love reciprocated ever." in-love iris-murdoch love painful sad the-black-prince unreciprocated-love unrequited-love Iris Murdoch
fb14f8a She could not bear the tenderness which a dog would evoke, she did not want the pain of another love. She knew how very much, how desperately, she would love her dog; and dogs are vulnerable and short-lived and die. iris-murdoch love painful pets tenderness the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
b1fbbf5 Cardinal Giovanni still did not like delicate matters; they were usually painful. painful Irving Stone
00711e9 The long answer was too time-consuming to give. The short answer was too painful. It went like this. It was a question of what heartbreak is, and how exactly the heart breaks, and what is left of it afterwards. heart heartbreak julian-barnes painful the-only-story Julian Barnes