Different level Quote by Heidi Cullinan

“He had a reservoir of tolerance for pain. Finite, though. Pain would empty it, eventually.”

— Glen Duncan

“When his hand came down across my bottom the first time I thought I was going to die. But the pain passed, transmuted as…

— Chloe Thurlow

“He was standing on the little ledge of reality he had left, but it seemed to me that he wasn't getting high, just getting…

— Colum McCann

“I think it was the first real pain I ever felt in my life, he would tell the others. It wasn't what I thought…

— Stephen King

“Pain might escalate upward and, just when you thought you'd reached your limit, begin to spread sideways, and spill out, and touch other people,…

— Kristin Cashore

“...I've come to learn that pain is inevitable in this world, but suffering is optional.”

— Helen Klein Ross

“It seems to me there is always pain—or at least discomfort—involved in getting really good at something.”

— Erika Andersen

“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

“Physical pain was easy. It would always pass. All it needed was time—a ticking clock—and all you had to do was wait. Time always…

— Sidney Knight

“His words awakened a startling realization. Not just love-pain. Not just joy-fear. In order to have the good, you had to also take the…

— Debra Driza

“Pain is only for the best when it ends.”

— Dot Hutchison

“...Whoever said that pain healed with time was just making it up for something to say. Pain circled around up high like a bird…

— Emily Gale