“Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured," said Gandalf. "I fear it may be so with mine," said Frodo.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Honor was the light that flooded my darkness. She was the glasses to my partially blind eyes. Her kisses were like balm… — Cambria Hebert Copy Share Image
“You’re tough Layla, but you’re wounded. You’ve been hurt one too many times. You’ve seen too much and you’ve bled out inside.… — Shannon Guymon Copy Share Image
“Time's change and chances I have abided, held my own fairly, sought not to snare men; oath never sware I falsely against… — John Richard Green Copy Share Image
Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
The faith I was born into formed me. I come from a missionary family - I grew up in China - and… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
More than anything I have learned that we are all frail people, vulnerable and wounded; it is just that some of us… — Sheila Cassidy Copy Share Image
“To forgive, there must have been a wound; and to be wounded, there must have been the gatherings of pride. There is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Once more into the breach,” he said, turning up his collar. “Wish me luck.” For an odd second, she thought he might… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other then we shall have no more wars. We shall be… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
“Syn rummaged through his bag. “I’m going to give you some Synethol.” Nykyrian hissed at him. “Don’t even waste that sound on… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Was it for my good that the rein was laid loose, as it were, upon me, for me to sin? or was… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
As an advocate for kids for over twenty years, I have watched things change since I was in school. Thankfully, this book… — Doug Fields Copy Share Image
McEwan's Atonement…truly dazzles, proving to be as much about the art and morality of writing as it is about the past…. The… — Noah Richler Copy Share Image
Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness; if… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read, since I first… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Someone earlier made a remark about losing 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
Grief, as I read somewhere once, is a lazy Susan. One day it is heavy and underwater, and the next day it… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Through poverty, godhunger, the family debacle, I kept a sense of worth. I could limn and paint like no-one else in this… — Keri Hulme Copy Share Image
“There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“There was some people hurt far worst than I was in that hospital, let me tell you. Poor old boys with arms… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“If he had even blinked, she would have been gone; but he did not blink, and he held her, as he had… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
During a single week of July 1967, 164 Americans were killed and 2100 were wounded in city riots in the United States.… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded by the Israeli army since 1967. During 2006, the number of Palestinians killed reached… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
Grace can pardon our ungodliness and justify us with Christ's righteousness; it can put the Spirit of Jesus Christ within us; it… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot projected on beautiful women, period. At least, maybe this is just my fear, but I do sometimes… — Shalom Harlow Copy Share Image
Wounded?” was all I could manage. “Yes,” said Pat. “And you’re wounded in the same place. That’s what fathers do if they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think when you see so many Hindu temples of the 10th century or earlier disfigured, defaced, you realise that something terrible… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Western medicine was developed for crisis and war, such as if you got shot or wounded, to put the soldier back on… — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
“When I met you I was moving like a blind arrow shot in time of need. I was flint-sharp, flint-primitive. I was… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“I have been troubled a lot, misunderstood more often, lost all near and dear ones, blamed for things I have not done,… — Ila Garg Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Did your big break turn into a big bust? Sometimes a great escape from a wounded past can turn into something worse… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
“There are those amongst us who have erred, deeply and significantly. Who have wounded the world and broken themselves. The worst of… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
Since time immemorial it had been the custom before a sea battle for the men to wash and don clean clothes in… — Richard Hough Copy Share Image
I began to encounter real-life stories of dogs protecting their wounded or dying or dead handler... or dogs refusing to leave the… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
I know you think this world is too dark to even dream in color, but I’ve seen flowers bloom at midnight. I’ve… — Andrea Gibson Copy Share Image
“Two decades of virtually uninterrupted fighting had made even the most dignified structures appear drunken, wounded, or lost. The entire city seemed… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
