Wincing Quotes

This age, which should adjudge happiness to be as valuable as soap or munitions, would never come so long as the workers accepted the testimony of paid spokesmen... to the effect that they were contented and happy, rather than the evidence of their own wincing nerves to the effect that they live in a polite version of hell. (Sinclair Lewis)
In martial wind, and in clarion rain, we minced into battle, wincing in pain; not meant for walking, backs bound in twine: not angel or devil, but level, in time. View quote
Joanna Newsom
He stepped forward and punched Dorian in the face, hard enough that I heard a thwack. "Ow," moaned Dorian, wincing from the pain. "My greatest asset. View quote
Richelle Mead
You know, my dear, you're wrong that suffering ennobles people.” She'd stopped to massage her hip, wincing. "It simply makes one cross. View quote
Gregory Benford