“When we examine the moments, acts, and statements of all kinds of people- not only the grief and ecstasy of the greatest poets, but also the huge unhappiness of the average soul, as evidenced by the innumerable strident words of abuse, hatred, contempt, mistrust, and scorn that forever grate upon ou…”— Thomas Wolfe, unz.org
“The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.”— Adam Johnson, amazon.com
“She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much”— Betty Smith, amazon.com
“But pain’s like water. It finds a way to push through any seal. There’s no way to stop it. Sometimes you have to let yourself sink inside of it before you can learn how to swim to the surface.”— Katie Kacvinsky, goodreads.com
“As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won’t let my spirit be destroyed.”— Banana Yoshimoto, amazon.com
“A person doesn’t know true hurt and suffering until they’ve felt the pain of falling in love with someone whose affections lie elsewhere.”— Rose Gordon, amazon.com
“You can never be sure if what tortures you is the pain of being without someone you love or the embarrassment of being rejected.”— Stephen Fry, amazon.com
“Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“Our emotional suffering is caused by our desire for things to be other than they are. The more we resist the fact of what is happening right now, the more we suffer.”— Kristin Neff, amazon.com
“He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him”— Hans Christian Andersen, amazon.com
“It’s not the pain I’m afraid of; I know about the pain. What I’m afraid of is the end of this small, sweet dream.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, goodreads.com