"I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing."

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"I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing."

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"What will break me into a million pieces so that I am beyond repair, beyond usefulness?"

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

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"Tavi spent an eternity in misery, longing for death to bring sweet release from the unrelenting torment. The others gathered at the side of his bunk on the ship, keeping a deathwatch over him."I don't see what all the drama is about," Demos said, his quiet voice filled with habitual disinterst. "He's seasick. It will pass."~Captain's Fury."

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Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"Given a choice, I would never want a life totally devoid of pain, but life is meaningless without some sadness."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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Sherman Alexie, American Writer

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"Some pain has no relief,it can only be sealed You can grasp the wound to feel the scar unhealed."

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"Sloughing my skin / escaping it's grip / stripped of my wit / it hurts to be me ."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Of course, being open and vulnerable will lead us to, sometimes, experience pain. But what is pain? It is simply a feeling. It is not forever. If you get pain from some person or thing too many times, you can always walk away. To risk a lifetime without pleasure simply to avoid pain is ludicrous."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

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