“Some think guts is sprinting at the end of a race. But guts is what got you there to begin with. Guts start back in the hills with 6 miles to go and you're thinking of how you can get out of this race without anyone noticing. Guts begin when you still have forty minutes of torture left and you're already hurting more than you ever remember.” ThinkingStillsEndsRunningRememberLeftHurtRaceMinutesMilesHillsTortureGutsFortyNoticingMiles To Go Author:George A. Sheehan
“The imagination is far better at inventing tortures than life because the imagination is a demon within us and it knows where to strike, where it hurts. It knows the vulnerable spot, and life does not, our friends and lovers do not, because seldom do they have the imagination equal to the task.” KnowsDoeImaginationHurtLoversEqualTasksStrikesSpotsVulnerableTortureDemonIt HurtsInventingLovers And Friends Author:Anais Nin
“A question: when is a bed not a bed? When it is angled lie-flat. My back hurts, my legs ache and my clothes are all rumpled - and all because the airline, which claimed to have a bed, actually offered up a torture machine which I prefer to call a slide.” LyingHurtBedClothesMachinesLegsTortureFlatsAcheSlidesAirlineBack Hurts Author:Richard Quest
“I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not a torture to me. If she was gonna hurt me, she'd make me eat.” IfsMotherCausesHurtBedCookingHatedTortureHurt MeSupper Author:Maurice Sendak
“Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or her country of origin, religion, descent, or any other ground.” HumansCountryGovernmentCertainHurtRightsDignityUniversalHuman RightsContraryDiscriminationTortureArbitraryDescentHuman DignityDetention Author:Shirin Ebadi