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title: "7 Black Blue Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Black Blue quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Black Blue sayings and thoughts."
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> [Yes, believe me I am black and blue. Plus I just finished a Seth MacFarlane movie called Ted and I can't believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-mchale/yes-believe-me-i-am-black-and-blue-plus-i-just-finished-a-seth/)

[Joel McHale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-mchale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/joel-mchale-8254_believe_yes-believe-me-i-am-black-and-blue-plus_920672.jpg)

> [Most importantly for me growing up, it was a spirituals, it was a gospels, it was James Cleveland, Aretha Franklin, Marion Williams;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/most-importantly-for-me-growing-up-it-was-a-spirituals-it-was-a/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/cornel-west-708_able_most-importantly-for-me-growing-up-it-wa_1031768.jpg)

> [You abused my heart til' it was black and blue, but no matter how hard I try, I can't stop loving you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-abused-my-heart-til-it-was-black-and-blue-but-no-matter-how-hard/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/anonymous-1_complicated-love_you-abused-my-heart-til-it-was-black-and_1388204.jpg)

> [Not too long after 'OITB' debuted, I was at NewFest and I saw 'Black Is Blue,' a short film by Cheryl Dunye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-michael-smith/not-too-long-after-oitb-debuted-i-was-at-newfest-and-i-saw-black-is/)

[Brian Michael Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-michael-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/brian-michael-smith-27745_blue_not-too-long-after-oitb-debuted-i-was-at_1659143.jpg)

> [“I feared this once, but I never knew That a sky so black, was once so blue”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-j-barnum/i-feared-this-once-but-i-never-knew-that-a-sky-so-black-was-once-so/)

[Billy J. Barnum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-j-barnum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/billy-j-barnum-223492_feared_i-feared-this-once-but-i-never-knew-that_2657407.jpg)

> [I was black and blue for about two years, but it's paid off tremendously. You know, if you get enough whacks, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-lawless/i-was-black-and-blue-for-about-two-years-but-it-s-paid-off/)

[Lucy Lawless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-lawless/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/lucy-lawless-19872_about_i-was-black-and-blue-for-about-two-years_3108485.png)

> [I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/i-have-been-black-and-blue-in-some-spot-somewhere-almost-all-my-life/)

[Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_black_i-have-been-black-and-blue-in-some-spot_3147703.jpg)

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