But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

Buy The Handmaid's Tale at Amazon Buy The Handmaid's Tale at Amazon

More information about this quote

Topic

Suffering Healing Emotional scars

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

The Handmaid's Tale

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Canada

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 21.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Margaret Atwood about suffering: “But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is…”
Download
A quote by Margaret Atwood about suffering: “But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is…”
Download
A quote by Margaret Atwood about suffering: “But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1980s

The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.

Allan Bloom

Buy The Closing of the American Mind at Amazon Buy The Closing of the American Mind at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Tyranny Overton window Freedom of thought

Author

Allan Bloom
Source
The Closing of the American Mind
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bloom, Allan. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students. Simon & Schuster, 1987, pt. 3.

Another quote about Suffering

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Ernest Hemingway

Buy A Farewell to Arms at Amazon Buy A Farewell to Arms at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Suffering The human condition

Author

Ernest Hemingway
Source
A Farewell to Arms
Medium
Novel
Genre
War novel
Language
English
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Farewell to Arms." Scribner's Magazine, May 1929 - Oct. 1929, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribners, 1995, bk. 4, ch. 34.