Alchemist Quote by Dossie Easton

Pleasure itself is painful at the bottom.

— Michel de Montaigne

“Bottoming can “turn off our brains” – giving us a quiet respite, in the endorphin high of pain play, the stillness of bondage, or…

— Dossie Easton

To hit bottom is to fall from grace.

— Douglas Horton

The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.

— Epicurus

There is a particular kind of pain which gives us pleasure.

— Agnibin Banerjee

Theres a very fine line between pleasure and pain. They are two sides of the same coin, one not existing without the other.

— 50 Shdes Of Grey

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle…

— Natalia Vodianova

And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.

— Edmund Spenser

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

— Laurence Sterne

There's a very fine line between pleasure and pain. They are two sides of the same coin, one not existing without the other.

— Anonymous

A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom.

— Donald Ray Pollock

“Agony and ecstasy, pleasure and pain.”

— Nalini Singh