memory is both the
memory is both the curse of grief and the eventual talisman against it; what at first seems unbearable becomes the succor that can outlast pain. Gail Caldwell
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memory is both the curse of grief and the eventual talisman against it; what at first seems unbearable becomes the succor that can outlast pain. Gail Caldwell
Most people don’t walk around the tools to process pain and fear, that kind of discomfort. In most cases, it’s unbearable to look at it, feel it, and/or address it. It’s why I’m such a fan of self-help books. Gabrielle Bernstein
poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don’t move about too much. You grow used to it, you end up by paying no attention to it. But once you presume to bring it out in the daylight, it becomes terrifying, you see it at last in all its squalor and … Read more
Sometimes things seem so unbearable in the middle of the night, don’t they? In the middle of the night, we’re all such children. Gabrielle Zevin
Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the old parchments damaged by dampness, a livid flower had prospered, and in the air that had been the purest and brightest in the house an unbearable smell of rotten memories floated. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
But the gates of my happy childhood had clanged shut behind me; I had become adult enough to recognize the need to conceal unbearable emotions for the sake of others. Eva Figes
I have long considered it one of God’s greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable. Eugene Forsey
The existential split in man would be unbearable could he not establish a sense of unity within himself and with the natural and human world outside. Erich Fromm
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Erich Fromm
When things get unbearable, I wrap myself into a tight ball and shut my eyes. Every muscle in my body is tense. I open my eyes and I’m still where I was when I closed them to escape. Nothing’s changed. Elizabeth Wurtzel