--- title: "1 Knew Hurt Quotes By David Estes" description: "1 Knew Hurt quotes by David Estes. Plus more from David Estes and more Knew Hurt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/david-estes-16837_psychology_it-s-like-she-was-metal-and-i-was-a-magn_1955504.jpg" --- > [“It's like she was metal and I was a magnet, Roc. But at the same time it felt like someone had shoved an electric wire into my skin and was frying me from the inside. It hurt like hell. No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/it-s-like-she-was-metal-and-i-was-a-magnet-roc-but-at-the-same-time/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/david-estes-16837_psychology_it-s-like-she-was-metal-and-i-was-a-magn_1955504.jpg) ## More by David Estes > [“There are some things more important than your own life. Like friendship, and love, and trust, and goodness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/there-are-some-things-more-important-than-your-own-life-like/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“Blaming yourself is like a curse eating you from within, a rogue virus, cancerous and poisonous. It will drive you mad if you let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/blaming-yourself-is-like-a-curse-eating-you-from-within-a-rogue-virus/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“He throws his hands up in a request for mercy, I'm not in the mood so I stab him in the heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/he-throws-his-hands-up-in-a-request-for-mercy-i-m-not-in-the-mood-so/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“...in the end, we all die. But we don't die equal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/in-the-end-we-all-die-but-we-don-t-die-equal/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“I don't particularly like confrontation. Unfortunately, confrontation seems to like me quite a lot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/i-don-t-particularly-like-confrontation-unfortunately-confrontation/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“As they say, with great power comes great responsibility.” “Are you screwin’ with me, man?” Taylor asked bluntly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/as-they-say-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-are-you/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“No. You’re wrong. It was something. It was a great thing. Our greatest moments are often unseen and unheard, but they are never unfelt.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/no-you-re-wrong-it-was-something-it-was-a-great-thing-our-greatest/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“This isn’t about redemption… This is about family.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/this-isn-t-about-redemption-this-is-about-family/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“If you'd have told me two weeks ago that one day I'd be part of a not-so-merry band of Necros seeking to exterminate a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/if-you-d-have-told-me-two-weeks-ago-that-one-day-i-d-be-part-of-a-not/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“I wonder what I'm really doing out here with a magic dog, a trigger-happy girl and her mute sister, and a trail of dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/i-wonder-what-i-m-really-doing-out-here-with-a-magic-dog-a-trigger/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“You'll learn far more by listening than you ever will by speaking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/you-ll-learn-far-more-by-listening-than-you-ever-will-by-speaking/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“My brain is telling me to stop staring at him, but for some reason I can't. It's almost... instinct... to keep on looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/my-brain-is-telling-me-to-stop-staring-at-him-but-for-some-reason-i/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“No beast of reality, or creature of imagination, is as terrible as mankind. Or as loving. It’s a contradiction. I’ve always liked contradictions. Today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/no-beast-of-reality-or-creature-of-imagination-is-as-terrible-as/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“Pain is the great equalizer, the cure to mental anguish, the antidote for a hopeful heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/pain-is-the-great-equalizer-the-cure-to-mental-anguish-the-antidote/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) > [“Sometimes it's best to hide in plain sight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-estes/sometimes-it-s-best-to-hide-in-plain-sight/) [David Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-estes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-hurt/david-estes/#itemlist", "name": "1 Knew Hurt Quotes By David Estes", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's like she was metal and I was a magnet, Roc. 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