Quote by Dale Carnegie

“There I am then back in the saddle, in my numbed heart a prick of misgiving, like one dying of cancer obliged to consult…

— Samuel Beckett

“I was aware that pain was part of this prescription, but I also recognized that this sweet promise of a new start was consistent…

— Carol Wambui Ngabura

“It is said that even the philosopher cannot bear to endure a toothache. Words contain great wisdom, but it is only in the manifestation…

— Jeff Wheeler

“On the outside, I may appear to be tough, but on the inside I'm vulnerable, just like a lot of people. I block out…

— Lauren Hammond

“But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away.”

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

You always think another time would have been ideal for you . . . the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.

— Woody Allen

“In the fatal course of the most painful ailments, sometimes […], sometimes there occur sweet mornings of perfect repose- and that not owning to…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“...introduced Doc to the miracle of morphine. From that very first shot it was as if he'd discovered the one vital ingredient that God…

— Steve Earle

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

— Ambrose Bierce

“For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.”

— William Shakespeare

“Ultimately, the loss becomes immortal and hole is more familiar than tooth. The tongue worries the phantom root, the mind scans the heart's chambers…

— Karen Green

“Pain is the clarion of aliveness trumpeting that you are living in the marvelous tender cause of life!”

— Bryant McGill