Nim

“was certain that you don’t build endurance by pushing yourself beyond your limits.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“Paradoxically, that thought of eternity took away some of my fear. To be trapped for a day, even one day, was brutal. A year was sickening. Any finite amount of time implied an eventual release, and my longing for release hurt me in the gut like chronic appendicitis. But eternity—that was on a different level of conception. It forced the mind to acquiesce entirely and accept the here, the now, and the comfort, such as it was.”
― Michael S.A. Graziano, The Divine Farce

“But what is a few days of feeling cold compared to a new albatross in the World?”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“Lester by this time was screaming at the top of his lungs about the injustice of it all. “Injustice?” queried the demon sarcastically. “You were never concerned with justice a day in your life except when it was in your favor. Bye.”
― Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell