What did you do to this?' he asked in a horrorstruck…

“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

“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

“She was mine, had always been, and I'd always been hers. Despite what I'd done, the wounds I'd inflicted, she had always been mine……

— A.L. Jackson

“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