I never learned to count my blessings

In the first century CE, roman authorities punished St. Appolonia by crushing her teeth one by one with pliers. Colin often thought about this in relationship to the monotony of dumping: we have thirty-two teeth. After awhile, having each tooth individually destroyed probably gets repetitive, even dull. But it never stops hurting.
-John Green//An Abundance of Katherines (via jesuisvivante)