Pain is no longer pain when it is past.

Pain is no longer pain when it is past.

When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.

When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.

Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.

Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.

The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain,
And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness read more

The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain,
And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness of the strain.
- Sarah Williams ("Saidie"),

You purchase pain with all that joy can give,
And die of nothing but a rage to live.

You purchase pain with all that joy can give,
And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life.

Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life.

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.

Nature knows best, and she says, roar!

Nature knows best, and she says, roar!

There's a pang in all rejoicing,
And a joy in the heart of pain;
And the wind read more

There's a pang in all rejoicing,
And a joy in the heart of pain;
And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens,
Are singing the selfsame strain.