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title: "4 Pain Desire Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Some people never come clean, I think you know what I mean. You're walking a wire between pain and desire, and looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-eagles/some-people-never-come-clean-i-think-you-know-what-i-mean-you-re/)

[The Eagles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-eagles/)

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> [Music is pure inspiration and curiosity, when it strikes you; you feel no pain, but desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wazim-shaw/music-is-pure-inspiration-and-curiosity-when-it-strikes-you-you-feel/)

[Wazim Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wazim-shaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/wazim-shaw-10493_curiosity_music-is-pure-inspiration-and-curiosity_419305.jpg)

> [If I want to free myself from endless cycles of struggling with temptation, I need to keep rediscovering that the pain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-boorstein/if-i-want-to-free-myself-from-endless-cycles-of-struggling-with/)

[Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-boorstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/sylvia-boorstein-7241_alive_if-i-want-to-free-myself-from-endless-cy_844560.jpg)

> [I can answer that only by hearsay, returned the Guide, for pain is a secret which he has shared with your race…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-can-answer-that-only-by-hearsay-returned-the-guide-for-pain-is-a/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/c-s-lewis-2-132_answers_i-can-answer-that-only-by-hearsay-return_1186238.jpg)

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