Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Sally Rooney

Quote by Sally Rooney

“Suffering wouldn't make me special, and pretending not to suffer wouldn't make me special. Talking about it, or even writing about it, would not transform the suffering into something useful”

Quote by Sally Rooney

Book:Conversations with Friends
Create image

Work

Conversations with Friends

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Sally Rooney

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Sally Rooney. more

You May Also Like

“When she [Hania] produced a sedative and offered it to me, I shook my head in refusal. I wanted to allow myself to cry, to live fully in this moment, because as painful as it was, it meant my walls had come down in a way I hadn't permitted in a long time. The ache of love and loss pierced me to the core of my soul. And it reminded me that I was still human. [Maria Florkowska]”

PainPresent Moment LivingWalls Down
Book:The Last Checkmate
Create image

“We cannot know whether our pain is like anybody else's pain until we talk about it. Once we do that, we speak and think in ways cultural and individual. In this country, for example, someone fleeing for his life will think he should call for the police. This is a reasonable way to cope with the threat of pain. But in my country, no one calls for the police, since it is often the police who inflict the pain.”

PainAmericaUnited StatesPoliceVietnamPolice Brutality
Book:The Sympathizer
Create image