Cruelty is a mystery, and a waste of pain..

Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her ….

The only way to heal the pain which will not heal itself is to forgive the person who hurt you. Forgiveness heals the memory's vision. ... You set a ….

Not the torturer will scare me, nor the body's final fall, nor the barrels of death's rifles, nor the shadows on the wall, nor the night when to the ….

One of the first big bubbles, of course, was the huge and horrible South Sea Bubble in England. And the aftermath was interesting. Many of you probab….

The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as possible to string along with your delusions; the tr….

Come awake, Tom. Fathers can willfully hurt their children. They can be addicts too weak to give up their vices, no matter the pain it causes. Mother….

I have been blessed with a good, fun, and wonderful life, but I've also seen a whole lot of pain..

Pleasure and pain at once register upon the lover, inasmuch as the desirability of the love object derives, in part, from its lack. To whom is it lac….

Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as thei….

Tatiana's eyes were huge and poison-green, eyes with enough pain in them to eat away at a world and devour a soul..

I want people to be more open and tolerant. I want them to know that behind every stranger is a backstory that is the common denominator - for we all….

There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figur….

They have no idea that it can be done by a bus driver, a field hand, or a fry cook. They have no idea where it comes from. It comes from pain, damnat….

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practi….

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys..

If you allowed yourself to hear or feel amusement, you would hear and feel pain..

Past one o’clock. You must have gone to bed. The Milky Way streams silver through the night. I’m in no hurry; with lightning telegrams I have no caus….

Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain….

There is no pain compared to that of loving a woman who makes her body accessible to one and yet who is incapable of delivering her true self -- beca….

I said: what about my eyes? God said: Keep them on the road. I said: what about my passion? God said: Keep it burning. I said: what about my ….