But overwhelmingly, the greatest pain these mothers share is in missing the presence of their children.
But these are also the steps that will cause the greatest human pain and political risk.
Or for herself who knew that pleasure prolonged was the greatest pain of all?
Her greatest pain, she declares, has always come from falling in love.
"The fact that he's gone is the greatest pain," she said.
Pain of loss, I thought; the greatest pain in the world.
"The greatest pain of all," he said, was the risk that public faith in him "had been shattered."
Her greatest pain, she said, was not having been able to resolve the issue before her mother died.
It was always small moments that seemed to bring up the greatest pain.
The blind man asked him where he felt the greatest pain?