“The word “suffer” comes from a Latin word meaning to bear, to carry, or to endure. When we suffer our fate rather than avoiding it, we become actors in our own drama. Suffering becomes part of our personal story, that with which we must wrestle. In the words of Rilke, it is a “harsh hand that kneads…”— Lisa Marchiano, quillette.com
“David, I'm going to hell! The worst place in the world! With devils and those caves and the ragged clothing! And the heat! My god, the heat! I mean, what do you think about all that?”— Jennifer Crittenden, Elaine Benes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, imdb.com
“Stop making depression an aesthetic. Attaching a "cool factor" to psychological trauma & pain is dangerous because it perpetuates the issue & diminishes the experiences of those who are suffering. Let's have discussions about mental health issues without glorifying them.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“Can’t do comparative suffering. If you’re hungry, and your friend says, 'you know, people are starving in Africa,' 'so what, nigga? I still want lunch.'”— Dave Chappelle, scrapsfromtheloft.com
“Neither yet can you be able to prove, that we either by word or writing have affirmed, that the principal end of any man’s creation was perpetual pain.”— John Knox, amazon.com
“Humans don't mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.”— Sebastian Junger, amazon.com
“How do you become an adult in a society that doesn't ask for sacrifice?”— Sebastian Junger, amazon.com
“You life has made you beautiful. Your suffering has made you fine.”— Stephen Sondheim, en.wikipedia.org
“Unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our souls, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Happiness is in its highest degree the sister of goodness. Suffering and amiability may exist together, and writers have loved to depict their conjunction; there is a human and touching harmony in the picture. But perfect happiness is an attribute of angels; and those who possess it, appear angelic.”— Mary Shelley, online-literature.com
“Humor is a wonderful way to deal with our suffering because if we can laugh at our troubles, we can feel better. Thich Nhat Hanh is a special man who has helped millions with their suffering with incredible technique. But he doesn't know real suffering, because he has not dated as much as I have.”— Garry Shandling, nydailynews.com
“I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way.Let our scars fall in love.”— Andrew Boyd, amazon.com
“It’s not that he consumes me but that I consume myself, much like the ouroboros. I prepare for future suffering. I suffer today. I suffer so that the future suffering will feel like an old shoe. I’m a fish in a net, still living.”— Jade Quinn, spilledmilkmagazine.com
“She loved the guy. She did it for him. She would’ve done anything for him. Some people are like that. Some loves are like that. Most loves are like that, from what I can see. Your heart starts to feel like an overcrowded lifeboat. You throw your pride out to keep it afloat, and your self-respect and…”— Gregory David Roberts, amazon.com
“Maybe one day you’ll come back. Maybe you never will and that’ll suck, but you can’t keep doing this. The blame and the self-loathing and the bull[crap]. I can’t watch that. It makes me hate you for hating yourself. I don’t want to lose you. But I’d rather lose you if it means you’ll be happy. I thi…”— Katja Millay, amazon.com
“In grief, words are poor consolation - silence & agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.”— Mary Todd Lincoln, amazon.com
“It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain.”— Andy Stanley, amazon.com