The heart was made to be broken

The heart was made to be broken

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of read more

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's read more

How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh.

Suicide is a permanent solution
to a temporary problem
(quoted by Judy Collins on Diane Rehm Show).

Suicide is a permanent solution
to a temporary problem
(quoted by Judy Collins on Diane Rehm Show).

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid read more

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.