Jacinda Quote by Sophie Jordan

“It's not easy losing someone," she said. "It never goes away, does it?" "The Phantom Pain, they call it," I said. "Like amputees get…

— John Boyne

Percy’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be. That’s how his mind felt—like his…

— Rick Riordan

“Once he had told her something that she could not imagine: that amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches, in the leg that is no longer…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“She suffered from the opposite of "phantom limb" syndrome; something essential appeared to be present, but it was not.”

— Amy Bloom

“They were like amputees, only it was not a limb they were missing, but their very souls.”

— Diane Setterfield

“leg in an amputee. Over the centuries, medical treatment had become quite adept at fixing parts of the body that were broken: a shattered…

— John Burley

“Before her, never has any being fallen asleep on my person. It’s exquisite torture. I’m at once warmed, full of affection both from her…

— Amanda Milo

“It's as though you had lost an arm or leg but still instinctively reach out to feel your missing limb or try to walk…

— Zeina Kassem

Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Phantoms in general are nothing more than trifling disorders of the spirit; images we cannot contain within the bounds of sleep.

— Luigi Pirandello

Defect in one's limb ruins a man.

— Chanakya

When I held in my hands the remains of Gunther, I had a strong feeling, like a phantom pain of an amputee.

— Reinhold Messner