“Heartache, Daphne eventually learned, never really went away; it just dulled. The sharp, stabbing pain that one felt with each breath eventually gave way to a blunter, lower ache—the kind that one could almost—but never quite—ignore.”

Source: The Duke and I

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American novelist 1970

Kingsley Amis book The Old Devils

The Old Devils (1986)

“I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room—but eventually, you learn to live with it.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

Source: Leaving Time

“There is nothing that can take the pain away. But eventually you will find a way to live with it. There will be nightmares. And every day when you wake up, it will be the first thing you think about. Until one day, it will be the second thing.”

Raymond Reddington

The Blacklist

“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.”

Joni Eareckson Tada (1949) American artist

“It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain.”

John Henry Newman (1801–1890) English cleric and cardinal

Discourse VIII, pt. 10. http://books.google.com/books?id=YdrJkVPhptwC&q=%22it+is+Almost+a%22+%22a+gentle+man+to+say+he+is+one+who+never+inflicts+pain%22&pg=PA208#v=onepage <br class="br">The Idea of a University (1873)