Love is suffering. One side always loves more.

—Catherine Deneuve

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Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (UK: , US: , French: [katʁin dənœv] ), is a French actress, producer, and model. She is considered one of the greatest European actresses on film. Early in her career, she gained acclaim for her portrayals of aloof...

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Once I wanted total happiness – now I will settle for a little less pain.

—Ashleigh Brilliant

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The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

—Norman Mailer

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For, as wolves and tigers gorge themselves with flesh and lick their gory chops, so do nations gorge themselves with human victims, not in detail, but in masses, by wholesale.

—Henry C. Wright

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The man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

—Michel de Montaigne

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My father . . . used to say, "I need my anger. It obliges me to take action." I think my father was partly right. Anger arises, naturally, to signal disturbing situations that might require action. But actions initiated in anger perpetuate suffering. The most effective actions are those conceived in the wisdom of clarity.

—Sylvia Boorstein

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