Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the…

“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