“The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness.”
Deb Caletti (1963) American writer
Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming
“The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.”
Variant: The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know you are sad.
Source: Everything Is Illuminated
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Ibid., p. 111
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Ah, não há saudades mais dolorosas do que as das coisas que nunca foram!
