Was it really better then?

[lunar_amaranth]

I am currently working on a story with a villain that I love and hate almost as much as my heroine does, and I, as a writer, know that the story does not permit me to redeem him. To this end I have been reading back through every Dragonlance book I have that deals with Raistlin Majere (my villain is partially based on his character). The italicized

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[solusfides]

if we simply "absorbed" pain, would we still learn from it? Would we take the blow, as it were, absorb it and then no longer be phased by it? The idea of painful situations are, in a sense, things we aren't designed to absorb, yes. But we are designed, none the less, with the ability to experience pain in the first place. We are designed to feel the burn of a stove and, thus, know not to do it again

[sarynx]

"All joy...emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings." - C.S. Lewis