"In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.“
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
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![In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.](/_next/image?url=%2Fquotes%2Fnathaniel-hawthorne%2F140753.png&w=1200&q=75)