And sing to those that hold the vital shears; And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How many thorns of human nature - hard, sharp, lifeless protuberances that tear and wound us, narrow prejudices, bristling conceits that repel… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I had to de-program myself. From myself. Had to reinvent rituals of purification. So full of the vagrant pollutions of others. It… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
So long as men are compassionate to such a degree that they cannot hear a fly struggling in a spider's web without… — John Newton Copy Share Image
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, and it seemed to him that the fact that the day… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Da Free John's phrase kept running through my mind: "Practice the wound of love... practice the wound of love." Real love hurts;… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
You have the power to tear me to pieces, to wound me so deep and true that I‘ll never recover. — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
There's mistakes that I have made. Some chances I just threw away. Some roads I never should've taken. Been some signs I… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
When you're a child, grownups always tell you that "sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you".… — Susan Boyle Copy Share Image
In France we can cauterize wounds but we do not yet know any remedy for the injuries inflicted by a bon mot. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
My 'awakened dreams' are about shifts. Thought shifts, reality shifts, gender shifts: one person metamorphoses into another in a world where people… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Holy Spirit, the life that gives life: You are the cause of all movement. You are the breath of all creatures. You… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
The wounds I carry, she carries them too. The unshed tears in my head flow through her heart too . — Ma-Roo Copy Share Image
(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
[On speaking of family secrets:] I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air. — Barbara Neely Copy Share Image
The two are now bound inextricably. Should one die, the other will follow. No wepon in this world can wound only one… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image