„I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.“

— Haruki Murakami

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„I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have.“
— Diana Gabaldon
„How much of this truth can I bear to see and still liveunblinded?How much of this paincan I use?“
— Audre Lorde
„There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. Suffering has lost its meaning.“
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
„What I mean is sometimes, for an artist, chronic pain can be a gift.“
— Chuck Palahniuk
„So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.“
— Helen Keller
„In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination…“
— Marcus Aurelius