#erin

The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#gratitude #joy #les-miserables #suffering #victor-hugo

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#life

Without a word or hesitation, Pain took the mop from Nick. Suffering moved to pick up glass. "Wow. Where have you two been all my life?" Pain quirked and eyebrow as he mopped the floor. "Walking hand in hand with you. Haven't you noticed? ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#suffering #life

I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul! ↗

— Emily Brontë

#life

Because all my life I've learned to suffer in silence - Athena ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. ↗

— Jane Austen

#does #having #less #love #nothing

It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#love #lyrics #wanting #wondering #love

These two beings, who had loved each other so exclusively, and with so touching a love, and who had lived so long for each other, were now suffering beside one another and through one another; without speaking of it, without harsh feeling, and smiling all the while. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#jean-valjean #les-miserables #smiling #suffering #love

Love is alcohol. ↗

— Katherine Applegate

#beach-blondes #drinking #katherine-applegate #love #summer

He made the world to be a grassy road Before her wandering feet. ↗

— W. B. Yeates

#the-rose-of-the-world #wandering #love