Incapable Quote by Graham Greene

“…as though, capable themselves of suffering, they granted no reality to the suffering of others. ‘The subject exhibited a pain response.’ But not, under…

— John Brunner

“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

“But that was merely an intellectual decision, taken because he knew that he ought to take it. He did not feel it. In this…

— George Orwell

“His brain and his heart knew this, but he couldn’t stop himself, and the razor of his conscience lent the undeniable thrill of pain…

— Robert Girardi

“He would never admit it, but from time to time, he needed to feel pain as much as he needed to dole it out”

— C.J. Roberts

“His eyes were alive with intellectual torture, as if pure thought was pain.”

— G.K. Chesterton

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

— Melina Marchetta

“Bodies feel pain; only the mind can suffer. Indeed, it’s possible to be in pain and yet not suffer at all.”

— Robert S. Rosenthal

“He could not feel agony. He could not feel sadness. His consciousness felt smoky, wisplike, incapable of anything but calm”

— Mitch Albom

“He even learned to crave the pain. It meant he was still alive, still surviving. If he could handle the pain, control his reaction…

— C.J. Roberts

“But now, this time, finally, he felt the anguish and pain thrusting out from deep inside, consciously, knowingly; an emotional agony boiled up within,…

— Anonymous

“Often in the past he had wondered what it would be like to be subjected (soma-less and with nothing but his own inward resources…

— Aldous Huxley