pain Quotes

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

You can stroke people with words.

I admire people who destroy themselves.

I hate the past - especially my own past.