“Truth is too big a price to pay for the luxury of avoiding pain now and then.”
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)
“No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.”
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