Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
We thought humble and proud at the same time, all at once in love again with this painful bittersweet lovely thing called… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
every death diminishes us, but those that leave differences unresolved and things unsaid are the most painful of all. — Marcia Muller Copy Share Image
Those who know in their hearts that they are not really necessary -- and are entirely replaceable-- must inevitably be tempted to… — Charles le Gai Eaton Copy Share Image
I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
My story wasn't one of those cliched stories of being an ugly duckling, I had a pretty good time at school. But… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
As painful as life can be at times for people all over the world there is some component of existence, or nonexistence… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are. — Amy Dickinson Copy Share Image
Finally, I drew in a long breath. It was noisy and painful and just heaven. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
If I start talking about my own hopes, it'll take hours. The biggest hope is that there's not any more discrimination between… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
In the 1970s, New York City defaulted on its debt, and yes, the consequences were painful. Enrollment plummeted at City University campuses,… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
The whole thing [religion] is so patently infantile, so foreign to reality, that to anyone with a friendly attitude to humanity it… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
You don't need the painful memories, because either you've resolved them. Denying always makes them want to come back. Denial is a… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
I’d have much rather gotten dragged into someone else’s fight than face what was waiting for me. Other people’s emotional pain, no… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Life does not end when we die. Death is a rebirth into a spirit world of light and love, a transition from… — Betty Eadie Copy Share Image
I stopped going to mass, and boy, it was painful for me, and it was certainly painful for my family, but I… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Social Security should be phased out and ended altogether. ... Social Security in any form is morally irredeemable. We should be debating,… — Alex Epstein Copy Share Image
If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Step by step, you make your way forward. That’s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Those who delight in bad movies and enjoy producing their own unfilmed versions of Mystery Science Theater 3000 may gain a measure… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
Intellectual beauty is sufficient unto itself, and only for it rather than for the future good of humanity does the scholar condemn… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image