It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
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"It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace." — George Bernard Shaw #happinessjoy #warpeace
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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. — George Bernard Shaw
About George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was a Dramatist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1856–1950).
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This quote is attributed to George Bernard Shaw, a Dramatist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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George Bernard Shaw lived from 1856 – 1950.
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