Tracy K. Smith

Jacqueline Woodson's books are such a gift to parents and children for their poignant subtlety and lyricism and their willingness to let a reader dwell in the pangs of realization that we sometimes try to protect our children from.

American Poet

Martin Amis

The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head.

British Author

Caroline Polachek

And a pang is ultimately private. It's not a thing that gets broadcast to the world; it's a kind of internal alarm that sounds when something has to change and it has to change fast.

American Musician

Rick Stein

I find that the heat from chilli counteracts hunger pangs, which I believe is why it's so popular in the developing world, so I have a very spicy Vietnamese pho for breakfast.

English Chef

Mark Pellegrino

Unless the character is suffering from tremendous self doubt or pangs of conscience, you have to get morally behind the character and their values.

American Actor

Joseph Brodsky

One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience.

Alfred Russel Wallace

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.

British Scientist

David Beckham

I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.

English Footballer

Joseph Addison

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

English Writer

Jane Austen

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

British Writer

Used to express strong, often negative, sudden feelings in emotional situations.

Emotional Intensity

'Pang' suggests a feeling that is sharp but may not last long.

Brief Sensation

'Pang' is mainly used for negative emotions or situations.

Usually Negative

Refers to a sudden physical discomfort, particularly internal, such as in the stomach.

Physical Discomfort

Indicates a quick, passing sensation rather than a prolonged experience.

Momentary Feeling

Can describe mild discomfort as well as more severe pain.

Not Always Severe

 freshly prepared school lunches or even air conditioning. These are things my kids don't get. You see, as I got older, while I was grateful for this amazing opportunity that I was being given, there was this ever-present pang

How America's public...

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