“At the end of it all, it is our relationship with people that will determine whether they will share in our pain if we fall into dangers.”

“I never heard sound and thrill of my painful heart until that very day she touched it.”

“Somewhere inside that hurting body, there is something better, something stronger, something real.”

“Just as the most beautiful rose grows next to painful thorns, so does the most joyful success reside next to the most painful failures.”

“Being deemed a fool, even if it is done by a fool, does not hurt, unless you are a fool.”

“We have come to see pain as the antithesis of happiness. Yet without the experience of pain we would not appreciate the experience of happiness.”

“Man will never reach the higher wisdom,If he can’t yet accept the pain of change.”

“Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth.”

“Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don’t forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.”

“It is beautiful, it is endless, it is full and yet seems empty. It hurts us.”

“Pain is a pesky part of being human, I’ve learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can’t be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces.”