Quote by Hotaru Odagiri

“Suffering, he thought later, could rob a man of his empathy, could turn him selfish, could make him depreciate all other sufferers.”

— Eleanor Catton

“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

“He longed for company. He was cruel because he didn't know whether or not people felt pain and he wanted to find out and…

— Michèle Roberts

“…he felt he could willingly give his life for them.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“The most baffling about the human psyche is that even after seeing the misery and suffering all around. He is convinced that these would…

— Gian Kumar

“The dying are selfish, he thought; they want their moments to themselves, like children.”

— John Williams

“But he finally saw how pain caused one of two things: A reverence for life. Or killing. Both grew from the same seed.”

— Cynthia Rylant

“Sometimes we have to sacrifice our own wants and needs to help others fulfill theirs.”

— Randi Cooley Wilson

“...and if he suffers, he must suffer for what he has done, not for what he has caused others to suffer.”

— Hannah Arendt

“He would welcome the opportunity to offer his suffering up to God. Me, I could not help but think that there was more than…

— Jacqueline Carey

“Perhaps he is just as fond of suffering? Perhaps suffering is just as great a benefit to him as well-being?”

— Anton Chekhov

“Maybe God had needed her to suffer so she could understand the suffering of others and help them heal.”

— Paige Dearth