“I can hear myself whining again 'Why does God torture me?' - But anybody who's never had a delirium tremens even in… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“I turn on my heel, which is no easy feat in a gravel parking lot. Not losing eye contact with Galen, I… — Anna Banks Copy Share Image
“But the punishment-body relation is not the same as it was in the torture during public executions. The body now serves as… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“It was such a strange tormenting feeling when your daemon was pulling at the link between you; part physical pain deep in… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“and afterward, after it was done, it was too much, and I felt like I was going to... I don't know.... explode,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
My brother could not write about trifles. Even in society he became animated only when some serious discussion was engaged in, and… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“Humor is a developed sense, stemming basically from cruelty. The more primitive a mind, the less selectivity exists. … A man slips… — Lewis Padgett Copy Share Image
“Job’s wife went with her husband from a comfortable and well-supplied lifestyle to being homeless, bankrupt, and childless. She became a caregiver,… — Paddick Van Zyl Copy Share Image
Gore said foreigners are not worried about 'what the terrorist networks are going to do, but about what we're going to do.'… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
There was a period of a few months, however, when I had a dreadful physical pain. I had just started writing a… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
“The horror of profound depression, and the hopelessness that usually accompanies it, are hard to imagine for those who have not experienced… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“But to secure freedom, entire and absolute freedom, she was ever ready to make any sacrifice: ties affected her with a discomfort… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“I see affect or feeling as the primary innate biological motivating mechanism, more urgent than drive deprivation and pleasure and more urgent… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
One whose spirit and mental strength have been strengthened by sparring with a never-say-die attitude should find no challenge too great to… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
“Thank God for pain. Most of life's blessings, in my experience, are potential curses. And vice versa. So it is with physical… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is this which makes suicide easier: for the physical pain associated with it loses all significance in the eyes of one… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Whoever said it got easier with time was wrong, death never got easier. The pain dulls around your heart, numbing the spot… — Kelsie Leverich Copy Share Image
“He can remember that all beauty in animals and plants is a silent, enduring form of love and longing, and he can… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“We can be so heavily invested in our tales of sorrow and woe that we have no clue how much repeating that… — Catherine Carrigan Copy Share Image
You can run but you can't hide... but I can try. I feel air catch in my lungs and I get a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The only real, true, permanent way to destroy your mind control is to work through the memories. It's unfortunate because it's unpleasant.… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring… — Kate Reardon Copy Share Image
