Able Quote by Cassandra Clare

“He had been contemptuous of those who wrecked. You did not have to like it because you understood it. He could beat anything, he…

— Ernest Hemingway

But once in a great while he remembered that he had felt pain, a terrible ache in his heart, and he swore he would…

— Susan Cooper

“He felt like his own heart might stop beating just from acknowledging the concept. The sadness, the sorrow, and the loss, they were living…

— Adam P. Knave

“It was the type of pain he felt he could endure for as long as he had to.”

— Melina Marchetta

“He had spent a long time shielding his heart and his emotions, holding back his capacity for love due to the death of someone…

— C.J. Anaya

“He could almost hear the wail of pain that went up from his heart. It was a sharp terrible personal pain the kind of…

— Dalton Trumbo

“Now he understood. After a while, pain simply stopped. It was as though your mind was able to create a firewall beyond which it…

— Elizabeth Berg

“He longed for company. He was cruel because he didn't know whether or not people felt pain and he wanted to find out and…

— Michèle Roberts

“He had lost the capacity of personal suffering, or he thought he had, and could only be hurt truly by what happened to others.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of…

— Diane Ackerman

“He hurt everywhere, so at least he must be alive. Another comforting thought because, despite everything, he wanted to be alive. It was the…

— John Martel

“He remembered the forceful hand that cast him to the earth. He'd fallen like a shooting star, his flesh burning until his wings fell…

— James Burnham