“My joy is as painful as my pain.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 100
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A minha alegria é tão dolorosa como a minha dor.
“True Joy is not the absence of pain but the sanctifying, sustaining presence of the Lord Jesus in the midst of the pain”
Source: Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets them Free
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