I bruise easily so be gentle when you handle me.

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

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Such a nasty bruise,” he says, staring straight into my eyes. I am stunned he can see it. Delicate to the touch and tender…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.

— George Herbert

“Purple with rage, the king lashed out, a vicious backhand blow to the side of the head. She stumbled against the table and fell…

— George R.R. Martin

“See the healer, Sage. We have a big week ahead of us, and I can’t afford you falling dead on me.” “I don’t think…

— Hannah Nicole Maehrer

“...You won't age? I promise you this - your hands will go shiny and transparent and at the slightest bruise they'll bleed...”

— John Geddes A Familiar Rain

“Something bashed against the submarine with such a tremendous force that the vessel rocked violently from side to side, throwing people back and forth.…

— Dean F. Wilson

Insults can REALLY break a person because it creates a bruise in the heart.

— Rishika Joshi

“Because all it takes is a single stone To leave a bruise”

— Catherine Alene

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you…

— Mickey Mantle

“m possessed, gripping her head and looking at the deep crimson bruise on her neck, fading to black at the edges. Her wrists are…

— Poppet

“Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I've always known I bruise like a peach.

— Laura Whitmore

Soon the purple dark must bruise Lily and bleeding-heart and rose, And the little Cupid lose Eyes and ears and chin and nose

— Donald Justice

Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer . . . and on the reader.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes