#painful

Life is painful, nasty and short... in my case it has only been painful and nasty. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#case #life #nasty #only #painful

To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means that one is in harmony with all that is, including the worst. The existence of the worst evils is unimaginable unless God willed them. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#equivalent #evils #existence #god #harmony

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#gratitude #ingratitude #most #next #painful

A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel. ↗

— Elizabeth Blackwell

#blank #counsel #faces #forms #her

I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I write. When I put the drill bit inside my heart, sometimes I come up with something light and frothy, sometimes with something deep and painful, but it's great to connect with the audience. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#bit #come #connect #deep #drill

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#had #painful #people #poland #reforms

I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#along #bad #been #couple #diet

I didn't miss training because it had become so painful for me. I filled the void pretty quickly as I went straight into coaching and it was great; I had to start learning all over again, and then when I went into TV I knew nothing about it so I had to start from the very beginning. ↗

— Jo Durie

#again #because #become #beginning #coaching

It was painful, but sometimes you must have these painful moments where you tear yourself away from something that isn't working. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#moments #must #painful #something #sometimes

But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#i #much #now #painful #too