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"Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is."

Christiaan Barnard, South African Scientist

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"Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is."

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"This man suffered too much. He hated all this, and somehow he couldn't get away. When I had a chance I begged him to try and leave while there was time; I offered to go back with him. And he would say yes, and then he would remain..."

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"The unavoidable has touched the life of every human being on the face of the earth. Some have rebounded, others have given up--but all of us have felt the wings of tragedy brushing against us."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

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"I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil spirits they would have made demons; as for me, I have only been a woe-struck and selfish woman."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"Although it pains me to admit it, I am quite familiar with the holes in life. And this familiarity is due to the fact that I spend far more time in these holes than I spend on the paths that brought me to them."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"...suffering and freedom have their limits...those limits are very near together."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"As long as there is worldly life, one is going to attain physical body, and as long as there is a body, there will be worldly miseries and troubles."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"When we suffer in silence, we think that we are alone, different, separate. When we share our stories of suffering, we find that we are the same."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

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"He ran as fast as he could, but the memories were fast too. He stumbled upon them and fell to the ground. The memories got up and stared into his eyes menacingly, they laughed harder and kept their foot on his neck. He choked and fought to breathe. He tried and failed to scream. They choked him hard until he suffered and died miserably inside."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

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"Also, I'm angry. I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why does it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?"

Stephen King, American Author

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