Extraordinary Quote by Jonathan Franzen

Pain was a fascinating horror

— Aldous Huxley

Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“Pain was no longer a mystery to him, and a man familiar with pain has entered a new kind of freedom.”

— Aimee Bender

He felt his heart, which no longer beat, contract, and he wondered if there was anything in the world as painful as not being…

— Cassandra Clare

I tend not to attempt to describe pain. I don't feel I can comprehend or re-create the personal suffering of others, so I simply…

— Elizabeth Wein

“He was his usual philosophic self and tried very hard to explain to me that although life was stained with agony, this was necessary.…

— Lyall Watson

“This was not the way to think things out for himself, and that was what he had to do. Take each piece of happening…

— Kate Seredy

“A finely tuned spike of pain speared through his skull, signalling a detectable breach in his conditioning. He didn't want to stop his decent…

— Nalini Singh

And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a…

— Ricardo Montalban

“Funny how his two special abilities—taking and giving life—were so opposite, but only the “good” one came with pain. He supposed it made sense;…

— Larissa Ione

“The pain was brilliant, like a poisonous inspiration.”

— Stephen King

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

— Melina Marchetta