“Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in the
world. It’s like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
world. It’s like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“I still think that the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, just having no one... That is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience.”
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“But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.”
― The Little Mermaid
― The Little Mermaid
“I was beginning to think that in life there might be some suffering that was worth enduring.”
― Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
― Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
“The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom is largely a function of intelligence and self-awareness, not time on your hands. But you do become very good at thinking yourself into endless loops of desperation in half the time it would take a normal person.”
― One Last Thing Before I Go
― One Last Thing Before I Go
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