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• I shall cling to the rope God has thrown me in Jesus Christ, even if my numb hands can no longer feel it.

  Sophie Scholl

  Jesus, Hands, Rope

  "At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl" edited by Inge Jens, translated by J. Maxwell Brownjohn, 1987.

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• The body shuts down when it has too much to bear; goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time, leaving you numb and half alive.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Numbness, Waiting, Leaving

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• There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.

  Diane Setterfield

  Moving, Writing, Blood

  Diane Setterfield (2006). “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain; and never shut myself up in a numb core of nonfeeling, or stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way out. To learn and think: to think and live; to live and learn: this always, with new insight, new understanding, and new love.

  Sylvia Plath

  Pain, Thinking, Understanding

  Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Frances Monson McCullough (1991). “The journals of Sylvia Plath”

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  Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding more from yourself - expanding and learning as you go - you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip.

  Dean Karnazes

  Running, Struggle, Essence

  Dean Karnazes (2017). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.141, Atlantic Books

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• We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.

  Brené Brown

  Positive, Abnormal Psychology, Emotion

  "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2010.

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