The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.

Djuna Barnes
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The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy. This quote is much like the previous one in the way that it speaks about something intolerable, yet it does so in a way that is much more uplifting. This quote is much better than the previous one because it doesn’t make you feel like you are doomed to never-ending sadness, but instead, it makes you realize that the only way to find joy is to experience pain. The only way to find joy is to endure pain.

Source: Nightwood

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