Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all. Evelyn Waugh
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish. Simone Weil
The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God! Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The odds are irrelevant; if it’s possible and it matters, you take the shot and you never give up. Regina Dugan
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin
We face up to awful things because we can't go around them, or forget them. The sooner you say 'Yes, it happened, and there's nothing I can do about it,' the sooner you can get on with your own life. You've got children to bring up. So you've got to get over it. What we have to get over, somehow we do. Even the worst things. Annie Proulx
