a sound of breaking bones wrapped in tearing flesh.

“Because she was solid gold, fourteen-carat, barely burnished despite twenty years of hard molling. But beneath it, I knew, beneath that gold and stardust,…

— Megan Abbott

“Morwen had perceived Galadir's lips over every body part and it was like tearing the flesh slowly and savor every muscular fiber. Savoring the…

— Chiara Cilli

“Even for the very clever it can be like breaking bones to stand back from something that’s been in front of you all your…

— Paul Hoffman

I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now.

— Michael Gira

“Sticks and stones keep breaking my bones but these words, these words will kill me.”

— Tahereh Mafi

Oh god I don't know how to deal with this I'm getting worse for each day and I can't control it, it's like a…

— Anonymous

By the end of the time I'm writing a book, I'm tearing my hair out and I want to go do stand-up. And then…

— Michael Ian Black

“Tearing money is an impiety, like throwing away bread.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“She rolled over and sat up as he bent, tearing off his boots. "Whatcha doing?" "Getting naked." "I like that.”

— Laurann Dohner

“Limb by limb and tooth by tooth, Tearing up inside of me, Every day, every hour, just wish that I... Was bulletproof”

— Radiohead

“We are defining the boundaries of normality by tearing apart the people outside of it.”

— Jon Ronson

“But if you don’t ride me hard enough, I’m flipping you over and tearing that ass up. Got it?” “That sounds fair.” I nod…

— Kennedy Ryan

You cannot help the small men, by tearing down the big men.

— William J. H. Boetcker

Is this the part where you start tearing off strips of your shirt to bind my wounds?" "If you wanted me to rip my…

— Cassandra Clare

What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything…

— Trent Reznor