“...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.”

“The last few hours were certainly very painful," replied Anne: "but when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering-”

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”

“Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you pleasure.”

“You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”

“All the overpowering blinding, bewildering, first effects of strong surprise were over with her. Still, however, she had enough to feel! It was agitation, pain, pleasure, a something between delight and misery.”

“Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.”