One is always a little afraid of love, but above all, one is afraid of pain or causing pain..

Thus thought I, as by night I read Of the great army of the dead, The trenches cold and damp, The starved and frozen camp,-- The wounded from the bat….

Love dies in many different ways, and it's natural for the grass to seem greener on the other side. But it's not a competition; there's plenty of pai….

These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them..

A child who's been injured by a parent waits her whole life for some acknowledgment of the wrong that's been done, some validation from him that her ….

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot ….

Reality is a state of mind. To the banker, the money in his ledger book is all very real, though he doesn't actually see it or touch it. But to the B….

In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now….

While we ended up having several core maintainers use BitKeeper - it was free to use for open source projects - it never got ubiquitous. So it helped….

But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know is possible, even if it's hard, and even i….

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does no….

Turn away. From the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open your eyes and look at the light..

That's all very well as an abstract moral principle, Avril, a coffee-table theoretical construct, but there's no denying the sheer gratuitous pleasur….

Facing the darkness, admitting the pain, allowing the pain to be pain, is never easy. This is why courage - big-heartedness - is the most essential v….

When you are in pain, a moment is an eternity..

You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they ….

I can't... I find that I can't concentrate. On anything. I can't really..." Rhage's eyes drifted to Zsadist. "How do you live with it? All the anger.….

His lips covered hers as he laid the gauze on her leg. Fiery pain shot through her flesh as his lips swallowed her cry, then replaced it with such am….

Plays, gentlemen, are to their authors what children are to women: they cost more pain than they give pleasure..

I guess I felt attached to my weakness. My pain and suffering too. Summer light, the smell of a breeze, the sound of cicadas - if I like these things….

Then welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, a….