Quotes about Pain
Everyone to whom she drew close left her. Sooner or later they walked away.
— Francine Rivers
You know, sometimes you can hurt yourself more by trying to keep yourself from being hurt!" Miriam called after her.
— Francine Rivers
We grieve for those we've lost, but it's the living that cause us the most pain....
— Francine Rivers
And the answers had always come down to trusting God, obeying Him, accepting His will, knowing there was a purpose in what was happening even if they couldn't see it. But sometimes the pain seemed unbearable.
— Francine Rivers
They didn't kill the one they judged anymore. They left them broken and wounded.
— Francine Rivers
Father said it is not God's will that any should suffer." "Then why must we?" "We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross.
— Francine Rivers
When she felt the tears coming up, building like a great hard pressure inside her, hot, so hot she thought they would burn, she swallowed them down deeper and deeper until they became a hard little stone in her chest.
— Francine Rivers
Sometimes I wonder about Piter, the Baron said. I cause pain out of necessity, but he...I swear he takes a positive delight in it. -Baron Vladimir
— Frank Herbert
Come, come, the Baron said. We don't have much time and pain is quick. Please don't bring it to this, my dear Duke. The Baron looked up at Piter who stood at Leto's shoulder. Piter doesn't have all his tools here, but I'm sure he could improvise. Improvisation is sometimes the best, Baron.
— Frank Herbert
What terrible things we do to those we love!
— Frank Herbert
Paul took a place in the line behind Chani. He had put down the black feeling at being caught by the girl. In his mind now was the memory called up by his mother's barked reminder: "My son's been tested with the gom jabbar!" He found that his hand tingled with remembered pain.
— Frank Herbert
Love leads to misery. Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species. Remember that woman's mistake, the pain.
— Frank Herbert