No wonder men got impervious to superficial pain, I thought. It came from this habit of hammering each other incessantly. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The sharp, superficial pain at being spoken to unkindly had obscured the deeper pain, which had not yet turned into something hard… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
If people are going to be so hard on each other, so mean, so superficial. Then why put up with the pain? — Francine Chiar Copy Share Image
