Pains Quotes

609 Pains quotes by 439 unique authors

Divinity must live within herself: Passions of rain, or moods in the falling snow; Grievings in loneliness, or unsubdued Elations when the forest blooms; gusty… — Wallace Stevens
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. — Samuel Johnson
Emily suffers no more from pain or weakness now. She will never suffer more in this world. She is gone after a hard, short conflict...Yes… — Charlotte Bronte
Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to bear it… — Sigmund Freud
Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart… — Plutarch
God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions. — Jean-Pierre de Caussade
The New Testament is a brutal destroyer of human illusions. If you follow Jesus and don't end up dead, it appears you have some explaining… — Terry Eagleton
There were now and then, though rarely, the hours that brought the welcome shock, pulled down the walls and brought me back again from my… — Hermann Hesse
We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly. — D. A. Carson
I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think â€” just ask my critics. — Daniel Dennett
You hate America, don't you?' That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because… — Kurt Vonnegut
One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washÃ¨d it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand,… — Edmund Spenser
Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants. — Jonathan Stroud
At last I understood that the way over, or through this dilemma, the unease at writing about 'petty personal problems' was to recognize that nothing… — Doris Lessing
A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this… — Azar Nafisi
I always had the sense with her that she didn't suffer fools gladly but that life was taking great pains to show her how. — Lorrie Moore
I gave you justice, it said, as I was taught it. And I gave you mercy , too, so far as I could. While I… — Diana Gabaldon
I sped through heaven and saw god at work. I suffered holy pains. I dropped all my defenses and was afraid of nothing in the… — Hermann Hesse
He said â€œwomanâ€ in the same way Iâ€™d say â€œMmmmm, yummy chocolateâ€ after waking up from hunger pains and finding a Hershey bar in an… — Ilona Andrews

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