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Nicholas Sparks 646
American writer and novelist 1965Related quotes

“My joy is as painful as my pain.”
Ibid., p. 100
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A minha alegria é tão dolorosa como a minha dor.

“From every joy and pain a hope leaps out eternally to escape this pain and to widen joy.”
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: From every joy and pain a hope leaps out eternally to escape this pain and to widen joy.
And again the ascent begins — which is pain — and joy is reborn and new hope springs up once more. The circle never closes. It is not a circle, but a spiral which ascends eternally, ever widening, enfolding and unfolding the triune struggle.

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
Variant: Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.”