--- title: "1 Accepting Pain Quotes By J.B. Salsbury" description: "1 Accepting Pain quotes by J.B. Salsbury. Plus more from J.B. Salsbury and more Accepting Pain sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/j-b-salsbury-12995_heartbreak_if-only-everything-were-like-that-it-s-n_2513053.jpg" --- > [“If only everything were like that. It's not easy to do: owning and accepting the pain of our past, the heartbreak, our misgivings, and using them for good. Make our lives better not in spite of it all...but because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/if-only-everything-were-like-that-it-s-not-easy-to-do-owning-and/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/j-b-salsbury-12995_heartbreak_if-only-everything-were-like-that-it-s-n_2513053.jpg) ## More by J.B. Salsbury > [“What’s a girl like you doing in a dirty mind like mine?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/what-s-a-girl-like-you-doing-in-a-dirty-mind-like-mine/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“You kick ass with a microwave, baby. Don’t sell yourself short.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/you-kick-ass-with-a-microwave-baby-don-t-sell-yourself-short/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“there’s one thing I know about girls like Miss Moorehead—they’re more chore than whore. But I’ll enjoy the eye-gasm I get every time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/there-s-one-thing-i-know-about-girls-like-miss-moorehead-they-re-more/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“Nothing about us makes sense except for what I feel when I’m with you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/nothing-about-us-makes-sense-except-for-what-i-feel-when-i-m-with-you/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“The whole time I thought I was living. But the day I met you, the lights came on. You fill me with things I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/the-whole-time-i-thought-i-was-living-but-the-day-i-met-you-the/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“If she tried to leave me, I’d fight to get her back”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/if-she-tried-to-leave-me-i-d-fight-to-get-her-back/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [Hanging on by a nut hair, I search for a distraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/hanging-on-by-a-nut-hair-i-search-for-a-distraction/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“you want peace, prepare for war.” His expression is serious, and I wonder what his story is. “What does that mean?” “It means you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/you-want-peace-prepare-for-war-his-expression-is-serious-and-i-wonder/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“Fuck, this woman, I despise what she’s doing and I love every square inch of her. She’s loyal to a fault, honest, viciously protective,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/fuck-this-woman-i-despise-what-she-s-doing-and-i-love-every-square/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“There’s so much to say, every time we’re together. But the fear and the pain seem to go on forever. Every night that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/there-s-so-much-to-say-every-time-we-re-together-but-the-fear-and-the/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“Even though we’ve only spent a handful of nights together, it somehow feels like I’ve always known him. He touches me with the surety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/even-though-we-ve-only-spent-a-handful-of-nights-together-it-somehow/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“Life is beautiful and terrifying … And we deserve to feel it down to our bones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/life-is-beautiful-and-terrifying-and-we-deserve-to-feel-it-down-to/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“I know what it feels like to have something living inside that eats away at your sanity. They call it trauma, a deeply distressing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-have-something-living-inside-that-eats/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“I better go.” I push up from the couch and move to the door like a vapor, there in one aspect, completely gone in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/i-better-go-i-push-up-from-the-couch-and-move-to-the-door-like-a/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) > [“When we’re together it’s as if I’m the air and he’s begging for his next breath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-salsbury/when-we-re-together-it-s-as-if-i-m-the-air-and-he-s-begging-for-his/) [J.B. Salsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-salsbury/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting-pain/j-b-salsbury/#itemlist", "name": "1 Accepting Pain Quotes By J.B. Salsbury", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If only everything were like that. 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