"Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a pain and agony that are unfamiliar, that wrench me out of myself."

-- Harold Brodkey

#Pain Quotes #Agony Quotes #Shock Quotes

“To be a mother is a great treasure. Mothers, in their unconditional and sacrificial love for their children, are the antidote to individualism; they are the greatest enemies against war.”
“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.”
“Fruit forced is never half so sweet / As that comes quite in season.”

Source : Caroline Anne Southey (1836). “The birth-day; a poem: to which are added, occasional verses”, p.238
“The world is the same you never change it, as sure as the stars shine above. Well, you're nobody til somebody loves you, so find yourself somebody to love.”
“Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes Tory can you like them? And, yes, I can. I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways. We have a tendency to oversimplify things.”

Source : "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.
“Sometimes when I read Scripture, I'm trying to learn something or teach something or change something in my life.”
“Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes.”
“Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.”

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