292 Quotes About Painful


  • Author Mary Oliver
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    Listen, the heart-shackles are not, as you think, death, illness, pain, unrequited hope, not loneliness, but lassitude, rue, vainglory, fear, anxiety, selfishness

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  • Author William Glasser M.D.
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    What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

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  • Author Nitya Prakash
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    The person we fell in love with and the person we continue to love because we fell in love with them and that little painful bridge we stand on, watching them become those two different people.

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  • Author Steven Magee
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    The most painful experience that I had in high altitude astronomy was ear barotrauma on descent from the observatory. After experiencing this horrible condition a few times, I got wise and would always carry nasal decongestant medication with me to help prevent it. I saw many people experience the condition so severe that we had to stop descending in the car and sit at the side of the road until it subsided in the unfortunate high altitude worker.

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