„You can’t avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.“

— Paulo Coelho

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„I am an optimist... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you will spend your time better.“
— Tom Hiddleston
„There are kinds of pain that you can't speak out loud.“
— Jodi Picoult
„You can run but you can't hide… but I can try. I feel air catch in my lungs and I get a cramp in my side and this pain, this wonderful physical pain that I can place, reminds me that after all I am still alive.“
— Jodi Picoult
„Still, being able to feel pain was good, he thought. It's when you can't even feel pain anymore that you're in real trouble.“
— Haruki Murakami
„Neurosis is the natural by-product of pain avoidance.“
— C.G. Jung
„It is possible to avoid pain? Yes, but you'll never learn anything. Is it possible to know something without ever having experiencing it? Yes, but it will never truly be part of you.“
— Paulo Coelho