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Pain Quotes - Page 96

The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root.

Henri J.M. Nouwen (2017). “You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living”, Convergent Books

No matter how hard you pursue pleasure and success, there are times when you fail. No matter how fast you flee, there are times when pain catches up with you.

Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

Breakups hurt like a motherf*#ker, but they are not the end of the world. The pain is temporary, and if handled properly, they can even be life-changing.

Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt (2009). “It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken: The Smart Girl’s Breakup Buddy”, p.3, HarperCollins UK

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.

Gillian Flynn (2014). “The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects”, p.69, Broadway Books

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

George Santayana, Marianne S. Wokeck, Martin A. Coleman, James Gouinlock (2011). “The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, Volume VII, Book One”, p.136, MIT Press

A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.

"Between Friends". Interview with Jenny Allen, www.goodhousekeeping.com. July 7, 2010.

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

Edward Hopper, Hayward Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art (1981). “Edward Hopper, 1882-1967: Hayward Gallery, London, 11 February to 29 March 1981 : a selection from the exhibition Edward Hopper, the art and the artist held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York from 16 September 1980 to 25 January 1981”

As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch.

Edith Wharton (2016). “The House of Mirth: Edith Wharton”, p.134, VM eBooks