Pain Avoidance

Famous quotes containing the words pain and/or avoidance:

    “Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.”
    —English proverb, collected in Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, no. 4321 (1732)

    “The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment.”
    —Jill Robinson (b. 1936)