Albertine Quote by Marcel Proust

“And she realized that this is true. Pain has somehow transformed into pleasure, and that pleasure is better than any pain could ever be.”

— Julia Hoban

“And I swore that I’d take all that pain—the pain she’d been carrying alone—and carry it for her.”

— Rachel Van Dyken

“It seemed to her that almost any pain was sympathetic to her loss and she inserted herself immediately into the concept of fantastic suffering.”

— Louise Erdrich

“pain was a tool. A way of restoring her equilibrium when her armor grew so constricting that it threatened to crush her.”

— Kit Rocha

“She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.”

— B. Barmanbek

“Her bones felt thin and hollow beneath my fists, but her frailty didn't deter me. I wanted her to feel my pain.”

— Courtney Cole

“It didn’t feel like the pain had weakened over time, rather that I’d grown strong enough to bear it.”

— Stephenie Meyer

“I missed the mother I’d never known and mourned for her suffering now. Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an…

— Stephenie Meyer

“no pain was permanent, and no loss was real. That even though people treated each other abominably, even though they left, even though you…

— Lisa Alther

“Pain was the only sign to her that she was alive and could feel emotion.”

— Jeane Westin

“...she had developed such a quiet comfort in his presence, like all the hurt of the world couldn't touch her. Yet, every once in…

— Sibylla Matilde

“The thing was, if you wanted to survive you had to keep going. Even when it hurt. Sometimes, she had discovered, you had to…

— Priscilla Cummings