Writing is the painting of the voice.

Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.

This life is nothing but a short, painful dream.

Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

How can a man become great if he does not feel in himself the force and the will to inflict great pain.

Healing is the hardest thing you'll ever do.