„Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.“

— Desmond Tutu

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„Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.“
— Haruki Murakami
„Sorry, mom.Sorry, God.“
— Chuck Palahniuk
„Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.“
— Douglas Adams
„Oh, god,” I said. “Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?”--Sadie to Zia“
— Rick Riordan
„Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.“
— Haruki Murakami
„At this very moment, I am suffering—as we say in French, j’ai mal. This event, crucial for me, is nonexistent, even inconceivable for anyone else, for everyone else. Except for God, if that word can have a meaning.“
— Emil M. Cioran
„I shouldn’t care what you suffered. I care nothing for your sufferings. Why shouldn’t you suffer? I do! Will you forget me — will you be happy when I am in the earth? Will you say, twenty years hence, “That’s the grave of Catherine Earnshaw. I loved her long ago, and was wretched to lose her; but it is past. I’ve loved many others since — my children are dearer to me than she was, and, at death, I shall not rejoice that I am going to her, I shall be sorry that I must leave them!”“
— Emily Brontë
„And you say, Oh my God, am I here all alone?“
— Bob Dylan