Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Indeed, the truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more…

— Thomas Merton

“No matter what torture they inflict, don’t let them see you suffer.”

— Sansa Rayne

“What horrifying torture this poor man must have endured. Out of a wise man they have made a miserable bundle of flesh and bones.”

— Rafik Schami

“thinking that he’s being tortured specifically to incapacitate me is unendurable. And it’s under the weight of this revelation that I truly begin to…

— Suzanne Collins

“All I wanted was to be put to death without torment. It was perhaps a weakness, but I believe that the mind of man…

— Victor Hugo

“I suffered unbearable torture in silence, weeping internallyat the sad turn of events, blaming myself bitterly again and again for having delved into the…

— Gopi Krishna

“the torturer scores a victory over his victim when the latter, in the grip of doubt, begins to torture himself.”

— Elie Wiesel

“In suffering we learn what the soul can truly endure.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The terrible agony that had been unleashed here seemed to remain coiled in the air, poised, ready to snatch at his sanity. In self-defense,…

— Steven Erikson

“There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life.”

— Robert W. Chambers

“But now, this time, finally, he felt the anguish and pain thrusting out from deep inside, consciously, knowingly; an emotional agony boiled up within,…

— Anonymous

“The poor wretch was doubtless torturing himself, after the manner of the insane, with needless thoughts of pain.”

— Bram Stoker