And this time as the lashes come, try to think about the pain, instead of against it, because there is not one single aspect of life, past, present, or future, that does not tear your reason from you, to think on it. So think about the pain. This pain after all has its limits. You can chart its passage through your body. It has a beginning, middle, end. Imagine if it had a color. The first cut of the lash is what, red? Red, spreading into a brilliant yellow. And this one again, red, red, no yellow, and then white, white, white, white.Why have you incarcerated yourself in this palazzo of torture chambers, why do you not leave this place? Because you are a monster and this is a school for monsters, and if you leave here, then you will be completely, completely alone! Alone with this! Don't weep in front of these strangers. Swallow it down. Don't weep in front of these strangers! Cry to heaven, cry to heaven, cry to heaven. Anne Rice
About This Quote

In this quote, the writer is speaking about the pain of having a child. In particular, he is talking about the pain that a person experiences during childbirth. The writer mentions that there is a single aspect of life that does not tear our reason from us. It’s the pain of childbirth.

If a child is born, the mother experiences a single moment in time where reason is no longer present. However, if a child is born, there will be many more moments in time where reason is absent. The pain of childbirth has limits and it has limits because it has a beginning and an end.

And so what does the writer say? He says that you can chart its passage through your body. In other words, as your child is born, you can look back on what happened and see how much pain you experienced as your child was entering the world. You can see how much blood was flowing from your body as your body was being stretched for your baby to come out and how much pain and ache you were experiencing as your baby came out and how much relief and joy you felt when your child was taken from you and all those feelings can be measured against each other and weaves them together to make one big picture to show how pain really can be measured (and that its very limited).

This quote shows that we are not alone when we experience something painful or difficult. There are others who have been through similar things and we can empathize with each other to help us get through those times.

Source: Cry To Heaven

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  1. I never lie, " I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.
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