“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

—  Paulo Coelho, book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Variant: Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering.
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

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