Grace Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes…

— Aeschylus

“He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our…

— William Kent Krueger

“even in our sleep pain which can not be borne falls drop by drop upon our hearts until, by the awful grace of God…

— Aechylus

About 2500 years ago Aeschylus, the Greek playwright, wrote, He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls…

— Gioconda Belli

“that we must suffer, suffer into truth. We cannot sleep, and drop by drop at the heart the pain of pain remembered comes again…

— Aeschylus

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our…

— Aeschylus

“But you will remember it, in the soft, lost, slumbering moments between waking and true sleep: remember the whispering voices of the Gods of…

— Neil Gaiman

“For who would lose, though full of pain, this intellectual being, those thoughts that wander through eternity to perish rather, swallowed up and lost…

— John Milton

Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the…

— Aeschylus

“...an irresistible sleep fell deeply on his eyes, the sweetest, soundest oblivion, still as the sleep of death itself...”

— Homer

“Alas for the dreamer: the moment of consciousness that accompanies the awakening is the acutest of sufferings.”

— Primo Levi

“God allows some pain to awaken our hearts.”

— John S. Lynch