Hurts So Good Quotes

“Pain seems to have this taboo joy that reminds us that we’re simultaneously fragile and strong to be alive.”
― Leigh Cowart, Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

“My breath caught hard in my chest, the sensation from my feet crashing into the realization that getting everything I dreamed of really would come at a cost.”
― Leigh Cowart, Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

“At its core, masochism is about choosing pain on purpose, for a reason. And often, in my experience, that reason is to feel bad to feel better.”
― Leigh Cowart, Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

“Some say that it was hard to keep going while annihilation crept around the doorstep. But not you. You found it easier to soak yourself in the balm of denial and continue the machinations of what life has always been for you: chopping wood, fetching water, making soup, making babies, losing sleep, starting fires, complaining, getting drunk, normal human shit.”
― Leigh Cowart, Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose