“Helping people who are going through what I've been through makes me feel like [my pain] wasn't in vain. It gives the pain I went through a sense of purpose.”

“(N.B. I think this is from a hymn.)O joy that seekest me through pain,I cannot close my heart to thee;I trace the rainbow through the rain,And feel the promise is not vain,That morn shall tearless be.”

“Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost people”

“I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes.”

“I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.”

“I never liked the influence of others when it came to feelings. I rather went through the painful process of analyzing everything half to death.”