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> [People say that the bad memories cause the most pain. But actually it�s the good ones that drive you insane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/people-say-that-the-bad-memories-cause-the-most-pain-but-actually-it/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [People say that bad memories causes the most pain, but actually it's the good ones that drive you insane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-say-that-bad-memories-causes-the-most-pain-but-actually-it-s-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Pain actually steals a lot more than happiness from a person; it steals a part of the identity, of the soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alka-dimri-saklani-beyond-secrets/pain-actually-steals-a-lot-more-than-happiness-from-a-person-it/)

[Alka Dimri Saklani, Beyond Secrets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alka-dimri-saklani-beyond-secrets/)

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> [People say that the bad memories cause the most pain,but actually it's the good ones that drive you insane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-say-that-the-bad-memories-cause-the-most-pain-but-actually-it-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [People say that bad memories cause the most pain, but it's actually the good ones that drive you insane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kid-cudi/people-say-that-bad-memories-cause-the-most-pain-but-it-s-actually/)

[Kid Cudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kid-cudi/)

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> [Often the thought of pain is actually worse that the pain itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-behrendt/often-the-thought-of-pain-is-actually-worse-that-the-pain-itself/)

[Greg Behrendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-behrendt/)

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> [“What's better, I thought, to be safe and suffer alone, or to risk pain and actually live?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-plum/what-s-better-i-thought-to-be-safe-and-suffer-alone-or-to-risk-pain/)

[Amy Plum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-plum/)

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> [My pain never actually goes away. It fades...but the memory seems like it'll always stay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-pain-never-actually-goes-away-it-fades-but-the-memory-seems-like/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [ “You think you can avoid \[pain,\] but you actually can't. If you do, you just get sicker, or you feel more pain.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/you-think-you-can-avoid-pain-but-you-actually-can-t-if-you-do-you/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [People say that bad memories causes the most pain, but actually it's the good ones that drive you insane. But Sometimes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemmy-nola/people-say-that-bad-memories-causes-the-most-pain-but-actually-it-s/)

[Kemmy Nola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemmy-nola/)

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> [Wanting things to be otherwise is the very essence of suffering. We almost never directly experience what pain is because our reaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-levine/wanting-things-to-be-otherwise-is-the-very-essence-of-suffering-we/)

[Stephen Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-levine/)

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