Pain

"FROM a six-year-old: Told by a well-meaning friend, ‘Alex, do you know what the one thing is that the more you give, the more you get back? It’s love, Alex.’To which Alex asked, ‘What about pain?"

"Wherefore is there ice and snow, chilling winds and bitter nights? Is it to mock the earth for its sunshine? No, not so! We forget that sunlight is impossible without shadows; that for every day there is a night; that for every joy there is a pain; that for every laugh there is a sob. Progress is never a straight line upward; always it is down and then around."

"In freedom you form in utter disgrace,the bars of my prison this night. While you drift on currents of seraphim heights,it is I who deserve to take flight."

"Happiness is an illusion"

"Six months It been six months since you passed How long must these feelings of loss last ?It's been six months since you died,on the surface it appears I never really cried. I hide away my tears, my sorrow, my fears. They say time heals all wounds Wounds may heal, but scars remain. No one really sees the pain that hides behind my eyes. A heart of gold stopped beatingtwo twinkling eyes closed to rest God broke our hearts that day to prove he only took the best Never a day goes by that you’re not in our hearts, our minds and in our souls. We miss you dad."

"Other people's sorrows and joys have a way of reminding us of our own; we partly empathize with them because we ask ourselves: What about me? What does that say about my life, my pains, my anguish?"

"One of the hardest things you will ever have to go through is the death of a child. The second hardest thing you will ever have to go through is having a child die at Christmas time. The third hardest thing you will ever have to go through is telling your child that their friend and family member has passed away. The bittersweet moment that pulls you through it all is when your child says, "Mom don't cry. They're okay because they are with God now and they promise not to leave until they help you get through this."

"Death says a million words that the heart can't pen."

"And what does he feel"He feels uneasy. A little afaid. Angry. Oddly, a hint of pride."Good," Henry said. "ANd where are you"Backstage."Henry shook his head gravely. "THere's no such thing as backstage. The play begins, and there's only the world it dramatizes. Now, where are you"With my father, the president. In his chambers."Right. With me. Your father. And now--this is important--do you love me"Nelson considered this; or rather, Nelson, as Alejo, considered this."Yes," he said after a moment. "I do."Good. Remember that. In every scene--even when you hate me, you also love me. That's why it hurts. Got it"Nelson said that he did."Are you sure"Yes."Good. Because it does hurt," Henry said. "DOn't forget that. It's supposed to. Always."

"We may have to face God's truth about our pain--it is real, but we must be careful not to get God and life mixed up. God does not cause the pain and sorrow. He suffers with us and desires to comfort us as only he can."

"Everything I touch dies in my hand and the same thing's happening to you. You were vibrant when I met you, and now I've blanched the color from your cheeks and caused you nothing but pain."

"Too much of anything is not good. But I love her too much."

"Because I was conceived and born and I grew up. I'm breathing and my heart is beating and as much as it hurts ― as much searing, monumental pain it causes me ― I have to exist."

"Until you have stood in another woman’s stilettos, you will never begin to know the year of pain she felt breaking them in."

"Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body"

"As long as we know what it's about, then we can have the courage to go wherever we are asked to go, even if we fear that the road may take us through danger and pain."

"EMTs learned to love brave patients--they weren't nearly such a pain in the ass as the whiners--but not to trust them. In the name of courage, they would hide symptoms, not ask for help when there was help hovering around them anxious to give them succor..."

"We find that one person in life that will stand by us through everything, support us, love us regardless of yourself. That one person that will stand by your side through everything. Grab onto that person with everything for if you don't then one day you will look to your side expecting him to be there and you will find that he is not. So don't take the one for granted that makes you his life. If you do then he will remove you from his..."

"If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret."

"We only understand the true love of our lives when we bound ourself within the boundries of right and wrong."