Body Quote by Liz Bowen

“How living hurt. Living was an open wound.”

— Clarice Lispector

“Without pain, it feels almost like I don't have a body at all, almost like I'm a ghost, sitting in a chair, blinded and…

— Patrick Ness

“Funny, how it took a little bit of pain to remember that certain parts of yourself were alive.”

— Adi Alsaid

“The pain is just a subtle reminder of how alive you made me feel.”

— Cassia Leo

“If you’re not in pain, how do you know you’re alive?”

— Michelle Kelly

“But now...it's like when part of you stops hurting and suddenly you're yourself again, healthy and whole, and only then do you understand that…

— Cynthia Hand

“I think it was the first real pain I ever felt in my life...It wasn't what I thought it would be at all. It…

— Stephen King

“Only the living can feel this much pain.”

— Christine Fonseca

“You know, it does hurt. But it also makes me feel alive and it's been a long time since anyone's made that much of…

— Jamie Kristopher

“Except it wasn’t really a physical pain. It was just like the act of being alive hurt so freaking much that if anybody touched…

— Trish Cook

“I know that pain has festered, chewed and twisted your insides so you, at times, don't know the person who resides there anymore.”

— Lacy Danes

“You are never more alive than when you are enraptured by pain.”

— Bryant McGill