Quote by Haruki Murakami

“If, through some kind of reincarnation, it were possible to be reborn as Ushikawa's clothing, with a guarantee of rare glory in the next…

— Haruki Murakami

“...In this place you could not feel anything, except pain and foreknowledge of pain.”

— George Orwell

“The world is defined by smells – not words or shapes or sounds.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Pain is a good thing; we would never survive without it. We should be grateful for pain.”

— Jo Nesbø

“Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain.”

— George Orwell

“...certain smells were the custodians of memory. And once they were unleashed, their effect was instantaneous, like switching on a light – flooding the…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“There is no necessity for pain-why, then, is the worst pain reserved for those who will not accept its necessity?”

— Ayn Rand

“I noticed that in Tokyo people didn’t smell. It was funny. I couldn’t smell them, and they didn’t say very much: the trains were…

— Mo Hayder

“I could not feel, smell, see, hear, or taste the world around me. If I had allowed myself to experience these things in all…

— Yeonmi Park

“Without pain, we fail to find the true pleasure of being.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“It reminded me that pain was necessary. Pain was life's curveball. Without it, we would never appreciate what it felt like to be loved.”

— S.L. Jennings

“The only pleasing thing in life is pain. Pain creates pleasure, but not in the literal way.”

— Mia P