The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afrai…

Kurt Vonnegut
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The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afraid of pain now, Unk, but you won't learn anything if you don't invite the pain. And the more you learn, the gladder you will be to stand the pain. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1970). The Sirens of Titan: An Original Novel, New York : Dell
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The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afraid of pain now, Unk, but you won't learn anything if you don't invite the pain. And the more you learn, the gladder you will be to stand the pain. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1970). The Sirens of Titan: An Original Novel, New York : Dell

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