Mind Quote by D. H. Lawrence

“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

“He was too well accustomed to suffering, and had suffered too much where he was, to bewail the prospect of change very severely.”

— Charles Dickens

“He would welcome the opportunity to offer his suffering up to God. Me, I could not help but think that there was more than…

— Jacqueline Carey

“He would be able to suffer what his son had suffered. He would be able to suffer and his suffering would for an instance…

— Simon Lelic

“Excessive suffering brings with it a kind of dull insensibility and stupor…”

— Émile Gaboriau

“He had pulled out of that grief, eventually – out from under the suffocating weight of it. Suffering had formed him: made him silent…

— Amanda Coplin

“I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost even the…

— Osamu Dazai

“It seemed to her that almost any pain was sympathetic to her loss and she inserted herself immediately into the concept of fantastic suffering.”

— Louise Erdrich

“Perhaps he is just as fond of suffering? Perhaps suffering is just as great a benefit to him as well-being?”

— Anton Chekhov

“I'd experienced joy, but not nearly enough, could there be enough? The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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

— Melina Marchetta

“it was a love and empathy for those who suffered, for what they endured and what he might bring to bear.”

— Paul Kalanithi