“Pain is a great teacher, a wake-up call to the young and old, poor and rich.”
“...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go.”
Source: Local Girls
“He loathed the sword so that he didn't have to loathe himself - not that he didn't do both anyway, but he liked to keep his options open. He liked to pretend that loathing the sword eased the pain a bit.
It didn't, of course. He doubted that anything could ease the pain.”
Source: Zarzar: the hole story
“The pain I absorbed seemed to float toward me like mist on a cool spring morning. It was a mix of melancholy love for the timbered mountainous country that surrounded us, the grief of separation from family, and a wound within the soul that agonizes beyond the words that describe love. These feelings permeated my skin, seeping deep within the cells of my body.”
Source: Mere Sense: A Memoir of Men, Migraine, and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive
“One of these days she was going to tell him that a bullet wound and a Purple Heart didn't make him hard as nails. They made him just like everyone else. Sometimes you could see the scars and sometimes you couldn't. But everybody had them.”
Source: Run, Rose, Run
“Sometimes when you see a friend deeply hurt, we ourselves become deeply hurt feeling their pain, and sometimes, there is nothing we can do, to remedy the situation”
“Learning to endure rough weathers with an infectious calm without regrets is one essential aspect of leadership.”
Source: Untitled Life’s Random Lessons : A tapestry of anecdotes on life, mindset, leadership, communication and relationships.
“Some secrets are best left buried, for they only bring pain and heartache when revealed.”
Source: The Ballad of Frankie Silver
“Мені погано. Це не та хвороба, яку може вилікувати лікар, я відчуваю, що в грудях у мене порожньо й пече.”
Source: Flowers for Algernon
“Amidst the sea of joy-seeking juveniles,
Be the one anomaly that feasts on pain.
Seek out the pain among those around,
Rush down to heal like monsoon rain.”
Source: Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations