Companion animals from all over the world are counting on us to save them from lives of pain, suffering, and uncertainty. (animalleague.org)
Yet others sought it by immersing themselves in lives of pain and poverty. (babygaga.com)
In particular, they do not resolve the conflict between two powerful sentiments: a wish to preserve human life from its first moments of existence and a desire not willingly to impose upon a child a short life of pain and misery. (firstthings.com)