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“In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvellous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
“the beginning of torture is the worst. There is a parabola of agony. A crescendo leading up to a peak and then the nerves are blunted and react progressively less until unconsciousness and death.” Ian Fleming, Casino Royale
“I've chosen the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I'm only condemning myself to sixty years of torture. And I can find the joy only if I do my work in the best way possible to me. But the best is a matter of standards—and I set my...” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“Had I been born where laws are less strict and tastes less dainty, I should treat myself to a slow vivisection of those two, as an evening's amusement.” Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“Aren't we all flung into the world only to hate each other, and so to torture ourselves and each other?” Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“Just for the record, she still loves you. She wouldn’t bother to torture you if she didn’t.” Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

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