What you said about the sweetest pain? That fits us.

Ann Aguirre
About This Quote

In this quote from “The Sweetest Pain,” by James Joyce, the author uses a metaphor to compare the sweetness of pain to that of a sweet poison. The idea is that pain can be sweet in a way that makes one loathe the very object of pain, but it’s not as sweet as a poison.

Source: Aftermath

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