He could almost hear the wail of pain that went up from his heart. It was a sharp terrible personal pain the kind of pain that comes only when someone to whom you have never done any harm turns on you and says goodbye goodbye forever without any reason for doing it. Without any reason at all.Dalton Trumbo
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The “wail of pain that went up from his heart” is the internal pain that goes through the person who has suffered a great loss. The pain can be described as sharp, terrible and personal. It comes when people who have never done anything bad to you turn on you and say goodbye goodbye forever without any reason for doing it. Without any reason at all.
Source: Johnny Got His Gun
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