#torture

I believe that being happy is the only important thing. Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or torturous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. ↗

— Joanne Harris

#happiness #joanne-harris #torture

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#justification #lies #torture #torture

Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world. ↗

— Marisha Pessl

#torture #torture

Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life. ↗

— Lucy Grealy

#life #self-consciousness #sharp #torture #life

I want to get married, but I'm always tortured in relationships. ↗

— Scott Caan

#get #get married #i #married #relationships

One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#employ #regardless #techniques #terrorists #torture

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#bmw #family #get #gratification #i

Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don't know. ↗

— Imogen Cunningham

#could #does #fill #greatest #i

He paused, gasping for breath, but continued in a soft, steady voice. "Allie, I...I love you. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#sarren #torture #zeke #love

I was tortured, and probably half of it was deserved, but I was bullied - so much so that there were days when I was like, 'I can't go to school today.' I was too scared. ↗

— Chelsea Handler

#days #deserved #go #half #i