Wound Quotes

727 Wound quotes by 553 unique authors

I wonder if I can write this history, or if on every page there will be some sneaking show of a bitterness I thought long… — Robin Hobb
If a man does not die of a wound, then it heals in some fashion, and so it is with loss. From the sharp pain… — Robin Hobb
He made a small sigh, as he swallowed the first blood, then his mouth closed over my earlobe, mouth working at the wound, tongue coaxing… — Laurell K. Hamilton
A wound in the soul, coming from the rending of the spiritual body, strange as it may seem, gradually closes like a physical wound. And… — Leo Tolstoy
Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better. — Oscar Wilde
Plus her mom was so awesome. She was strict about some things—don’t leave your socks lying around—but so not strict about other things, like calling… — James Patterson
Words, for all they were flimsy and invisible, had great strength. They could be fortified as a castle wall and sharp as a foil. They… — Jodi Picoult
Jane, I never meant to wound you thus...Will you ever forgive me?" Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot. — Charlotte Bronte
You find that the injustice that created a wound is no longer true, right now, in this moment. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
...it was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a… — Lisa Kleypas
As with a wound on one's own body, it is possible to develop an intimacy with the most disturbing of things — Kazuo Ishiguro
Nana acts like a stray cat, wild, free, and proud.... ...But inside her heart, she houses a wound. Dense as I am, i thought that.… — Ai Yazawa
And for all he had learned to bandage himself up on the outside, the wound remained just as bad and deep as the moment it… — J R Ward
Do you remember the sight we saw, my soul, that soft summer morning round a turning in the path, the disgusting carcass on a bed… — Charles Baudelaire
These scars on my body,” Alexander declared, “were got for you, my brothers. Every wound, as you see, is in the front. Let that man… — Steven Pressfield
Today I know this: when it comes time to take stock, the most painful wound is that of broken friendships; and there is nothing more… — Milan Kundera
Richard exhaled. It was like somebody sprinkling pepper on his wound: Thousands of Biafrans were dead, and this man wanted to know if there was… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
You have the power to tear me to pieces, to wound me so deep and true that I'll never recover. What Rissa's death did to… — Nalini Singh
Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast It shall not be a glistening film that covers a wound, but an eyelid that… — Khalil Gibran
There's one sad truth in life I've found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t'inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death… — Ben Jonson
I admired Stalkers style. He was incredibly fast using two small blades strapped to the backs of his hands. Slash slash slash. Fighting him you… — Ann Aguirre
Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in. — Sebastian Junger
I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things from that experience, but when… — Haruki Murakami
It's simply the way things are when people come together out of hurt rather than happiness. When you try to use people as band-aids you… — Michael Marshall Smith

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