“When it comes to suffering, appearance is everything.”— Nadja Sam Related Quotes “When we refuse to do what we are supposed to do at the right time, the consequence is that of pain and tragedy.”— Sunday Adelaja “Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced. Without the agony of the last few months, Piper never would have found her best friends, Hazel and Annabeth. She never would’ve discovered her own courage. She certainly wouldn’t have had the guts to sing show tunes to the snake people under Athens.”— Rick Riordan “Compassion does not have to be a face-to-face relationship. Forgiveness does not imply friendship. Understanding why someone has inflicted pain on us is how we set ourselves free of the past, not how we excuse someone’s behaviour so they can continue to abuse us.”— Vironika Tugaleva