Wound Quotes

727 Wound quotes by 553 unique authors

And when [Bëor] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I know there is poor and hideous suffering, and I've seen the hungry and the guns that go to war. I have lived pain, and… — Ann Voskamp
Adieu! but let me cherish, still, The hope with which I cannot part. Contempt may wound, and coldness chill, But still it lingers in my… — Anne Bronte
That was one problem with dramatic exits: Sometimes they wound up making you look like a bubblehead. — Scott Westerfeld
For once, Evie didn’t know what to say. She hadn’t really thought of her uncle as very human. He was more like a textbook who… — Libba Bray
Because i've suffered. Because many times in my life i have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being… — Paulo Coelho
No one can say 'He jests at scars who never felt a wound' for I have never for one moment been in a state of… — C.S. Lewis
Betrayal is the deepest wound. Betrayal is what remains of love, when love has gone. — Joyce Carol Oates
Wounded?” was all I could manage. “Yes,” said Pat. “And you’re wounded in the same place. That’s what fathers do if they don’t heal their… — Cheryl Strayed
The wound you refuse to dress is one that will never heal. You gush lifeblood and never even know why. It will make you weak… — Karen Marie Moning
Before every session, I take a moment to remember my humanity. There is no experience that this man has that I cannot share with him,… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from the moment of… — Pope Benedict XVI
It is easier to tell a story of how people wound one another than of what binds them together. — Anne Carson
Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration, it… — Philip Sington
Say, Nana... You look like stray cat, wild and proud. But I can see the wound in your heart. At the time I just thought… — Ai Yazawa
If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange—meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely… — Anthony Burgess
Time-out,” I said. He twisted his hand around and wound his fingers into mine. “You‘re putting me in time-out?” “Yes,” I said as a shaky… — Darynda Jones
Don't make it sound like that. Like some ordinary sort of grief. It's not like that. They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes… — Cassandra Clare
Lovers are weapons, but love is a wound. — Lauren DeStefano
Movement from Brenda grabbed Thomas's attention. He looked to see her drop the knife away from Minho and step back, absently wiping the small trace… — James Dashner
He would look so young. They were both so young. Tessa knew it was unusual to marry at seventeen and eighteen, but they were racing… — Cassandra Clare
I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies… — Elie Wiesel
She placed her palm over his wound, pressing as hard as she dared. She would stop the blood. She would hold him and stop his… — Michael Grant
It turns out that sharing the past with someone is different from reliving it when you’re alone. It feels less like a wound, more like… — Jodi Picoult

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