Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
The end of pleasure is to support the offices of life, to relieve the fatigues of business, to reward a regular action,… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Reading is a pleasure, but to finish reading, to come to the blank space at the end, is also a pleasure. — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
“His wide mouth falls into amused lines. “Everything dies. There’s no way to stop that tide. In the end, all we have… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
Are these things good for any other reason except that they end in pleasure, and get rid of and avert pain? Are… — Plato Copy Share Image
“So if you understand that where there is a search for pleasure there must be pain, live that way if you want… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“He would never know, just as the people we buy the newspaper from and then fantasize about all night have no idea… — André Aciman Copy Share Image