In truth a clear-headed physicalist shouldn't be thinking any of these dualist thoughts. If pains are one and the same as C-fibres… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
“But for pain words are lacking. There should be cries, cracks, fissures, whiteness passing over chintz covers, interference with the sense of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Given involuntarily, and in an atmosphere of distrust, pain is torture, whatever the motive," suggests David. "But given consensually, between equals, pain… — Geoff Mains Copy Share Image
One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It is trite to speak of a broken heart. Hearts are not broken; they continue to beat, the blood still courses, even… — Michael Cox Copy Share Image
Whats wrong? he asked. Nothing she replied. But little did he know, if he dug deeper he would see, see she is… — Delaney Ridnour Copy Share Image
“We experience challenges in order to learn and grow. We have fears because we’re human, and our life’s work includes working through… — Lizzie Velásquez Copy Share Image
“Listening to people in pain is about giving them room to grieve and weep and rage and doubt. We're not there to… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
Which other major religion is based on the Godhead incarnate being whipped, tacked to a cross, stabbed? Only the Marquis de Sade… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Having a broken heart is like falling off a horse. Most people will get back on, but some walk away too afraid… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a growing scientific consensus that animals have emotions and feel pain. This awareness is going to effect change: better treatment… — April Gornik Copy Share Image
And that must end us, that must be our cure: To be no more. Sad cure! For who would lose, Though full… — John Milton Copy Share Image
What we want, we have for our pains The promise that if we but wait Till the want has burned out of… — Fitz Hugh Ludlow Copy Share Image
People do go back, but they don't survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time. Such things are too… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Once you stop pretending that everything's shitty and you can't wait to get out of it...then it gets more painful, not less.… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Just as someone in pain is linked by his groans to the present moment (and is entirely outside past and future), so… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
A disease which new and obscure to you, Doctor, will be known only after death; and even then not without an autopsy… — Herman Boerhaave Copy Share Image
But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memory… — Sue Miller Copy Share Image
If youre really listening, if youre awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender… — John Welwood Copy Share Image
All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the… — John Berger Copy Share Image
There's really no such thing as the agony of dying. I'm quite sure that pain is shut off at the moment of… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the hang of… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
The manager is always on at us about mental strength anyway. He just comes in and stresses how important it is to… — Kalvin Phillips Copy Share Image
The rock & roll industry is very incestuous, and we have all been close at one time or another. A lot of… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“...this refinement and delicacy were what Cale adored; but Cale had been beaten into shape, hammered in dreadful fires of fear and… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The work of neuroscientist Antonio Damasio offers insight into the origins of this guilt. Damasio describes two levels of experiencing pain. The… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“This last week has been a little hell for both of us simply because I didn't understand my own feelings. And because… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
At last the cold crept up my spine; at last it filled me from foot to head; at last I grew so… — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
“No matter his joking, I thought, this was a man as given to the miseries as I was. You could look into… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Courage is defined as: the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from… — Joshua Fernandez Copy Share Image
That's right. I'm scared to death. You said it's your first time, feeling chest pain, and nausea. Well it's not mine. I've… — Cheon Eunbi Copy Share Image
Animal rights activists talk about cruelty and torture, some backing their assertions by publishing out-of-date photographs of 'experiments' banned long ago. This… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Dying is overrated. Human sentimentality has twisted it into the ultimate act of love. Biggest load of bullshit in the world. Dying… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
In this world, whom I loved, they always hurt me.. whom I thought would stay with me, they left me forever... now… — Ajseh Krishna Copy Share Image
I shall live forever. And I don't mean in a metaphorical sense. I don't mean I'll live forever in the hearts and… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
Pain is a thing we feel will never go away. It's always there and we feel no one cares. If you're like… — Clara Tolleson Copy Share Image
When you die in this life, you might be experiencing pain, but the structure of your perceptual field will determine your next… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You shout it loud, but I can't hear a word you say. I'm talking loud, not saying much. Wonder why I'm not… — NoHatterzz Copy Share Image
![“[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the hang of cooking or living (as opposed to dying) alone. That nothing-not booze, not love, not sex, not work, not moving from state to state-will make the past disappear. Only time and patience heal…” quote by Marya Hornbacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/marya-hornbacher-2109_arms_i-learned-that-friends-are-a-good-source_2817345.png)
