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title: "4 Tortured Thought Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [I was extremely timid and to be made to feel that I was not wanted, although in a place where I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/i-was-extremely-timid-and-to-be-made-to-feel-that-i-was-not-wanted/)

[Henry Ossawa Tanner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ossawa-tanner/)

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> [“Bella, I couldn’t live with myself if I ever hurt you. You don’t know how it’s tortured me. The thought of you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/bella-i-couldn-t-live-with-myself-if-i-ever-hurt-you-you-don-t-know/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [No healthy man, in his secret heart, is content with his destiny. He is tortured by dreams and images as a child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/no-healthy-man-in-his-secret-heart-is-content-with-his-destiny-he-is/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [“I can't bear the thought of oblivion, Asriel," she continued. "Sooner anything than that. I used to think pain would be worse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/i-can-t-bear-the-thought-of-oblivion-asriel-she-continued-sooner/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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