She was mine, had always been, and I'd always been hers…

“Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“ Toquet , it is well, little one. It is finished, eh?” She panted, tossing her head. “It h-hurts!” “It will pass,” he assured…

— Catherine Anderson

Truth cannot be imparted. [] It must be inflicted.

— Brian Evenson

Pain is erased when inflicted upon others.

— Crixus

“No form of punishment will be inflicted,”

— Suzanne Collins

Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

— Gary L. Francione

“What did you do to this?' he asked in a horrorstruck voice. 'It didn't want to come out of the dashboard.' 'So you felt…

— Stephenie Meyer

“The human will be the only mammal in history to fully understand that its own self inflicted extinction is well underway.”

— Steven Magee

Each year, billions of animals are subjected to cruelty on factory farms, feed lots, and slaughterhouses. The brutality that these animals endure would be…

— Peter Dinklage

“Emily knew she was going to cry. She tried to avert it with a childhood trick that had sometimes worked before - pressing both…

— Richard Yates

“Justice requires not only the ceasing and desisting of injustice but also requires either punishment or reparation for injuries and damages inflicted for prior…

— Anonymous

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for…

— Harlan Coben

“Truth cannot be imparted," said Kline. "It must be inflicted.”

— Brian Evenson

“Sugar leans her chin against the knuckles of the hand that holds the pen. Glistening on the page between her silk-shrouded elbows lies an…

— Michel Faber

“If anything occurs that causes your price to go down, it’s a self-inflicted wound.”

— Lawrence L. Steinmetz