Quote by Shawn Speakman

“The living have pleasures the dead know nothing of.”

— Amanda Grange

“He wasn't in pain, he was just ready. That's how I'd like to die.”

— Jerry Weintraub

“Now he knew that he'd never miss these moments and he'd always feel that beautiful pain because he'd always understand how precious they were.”

— Kristen Ashley

“They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely.”

— Lois Lowry

“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

“...we see life as deeply in our pleasures as in our pains.”

— Adam Gopnik

“He lived happily ever after, now pain was a part of him.”

— Aquib Ali

“The days after that, I felt so many different things, sad, angry. Guilty, but for the mostly just numb, like part of me was…

— Alex Flinn

“There's a deliciousness to my agony that wasn't there before- I know he's not going away. I know it's real.”

— R. A. Nelson

“Part of the pleasure is the pain.”

— Maya Banks

“Pain and guilt tore through him. His soul was bleeding to death. He stood there, waiting to die. How could he not? But such…

— Diana Pharaoh Francis

“She wondered how to mourn the death of a son who wasn't dead. And yet the loss of separation made that easy. The idea…

— Juliet Castle