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The pain and hurt which i feel,
go as deep as it is real;
to be around and read more
The pain and hurt which i feel,
go as deep as it is real;
to be around and yet unseen,
takes the water out of the steam.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it read more
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life.
Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life.
The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain,
And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness read more
The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain,
And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness of the strain.
- Sarah Williams ("Saidie"),
There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light read more
There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things.
Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
from the poem
The Cotter’s Saturday Night.
Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
from the poem
The Cotter’s Saturday Night.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure read more
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
There's a pang in all rejoicing,
And a joy in the heart of pain;
And the wind read more
There's a pang in all rejoicing,
And a joy in the heart of pain;
And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens,
Are singing the selfsame strain.