“The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. The objection to it is not that it is predominantly painful, but that it is lacking in sense.”— H. L. Mencken, amazon.com
“Love is awful. It's awful. It's painful. It's frightening. Makes you doubt yourself, judge yourself. Distance yourself from the other people in your life. Makes you selfish. Makes you creepy! Makes you obsessed with your hair. Makes you cruel! Makes you say and do things you never thought you would…”— Phoebe Waller-Bridge, The Priest, Andrew Scott, imdb.com
“Look... sometimes, the people we like don't like us back, and it's painful, but there's nothing we can do about it.”— Laurie Nunn, Otis Milburn, Asa Butterfield, imdb.com
“The fall is something that we create within ourselves. We've built this avatar of who we're supposed to be, and that eventually crumbles and we see who we really are and what all of this really is. That's a painful but such a beautiful experience, and such a necessary journey.”— Lisa Gungor, goodgoodgood.co
“Truth is still absolute. Believe that. Even when that truth is hard and cold, and more painful than you've ever imagined. And even when truth is more cruel than any lie.”— Mark Schwahn, Lucas Scott, Chad Michael Murray, imdb.com
“Put out that cigarette. Now stick it in your vagina.”— Ryan Murphy, James Wong, Nan, Jamie Brewer, imdb.com
“I've learned you can always make things more painful.”— Sean Clements, Ruby Knowby, Lucy Lawless, imdb.com
“Dr. Shaun Murphy: Hmm. Is it painful? Olivia Hartman: Like I used a bowling ball for a tampon.”— Thomas L. Moran, Dr. Shaun Murphy, Freddie Highmore, imdb.com
“My heart goes out to you. I know how painful this must be. But when two paths converge, intentionally or not, they don't always continue on together. One peels off, the other dead-ends.”— Jason Cahill, Hunt Whitmarsh, Scott Michael Foster, imdb.com
“Strong is fighting. It’s hard and it’s painful and it’s every day. It’s what we have to do, and we can do it together, but if you’re too much of a coward for that, then burn.”— Joss Whedon, Buffy Summers, Sarah Michelle Gellar, imdb.com
“It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.”— Eric Clapton, cnn.com
“The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com
“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com
“What you don’t want to hear is what you may need to hear.”— Priscilla Anais Vazquez, thoughtcatalog.com
“I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.”— David Levithan, amazon.com