Quote by Cheryl Strayed

“Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones. The scars of the briar mark me, a calligraphy of…

— Mark Lawrence

“All your emotions were so intense—your anger like daggers, your unhappiness a poisoned well. Even your love had such sharp corners and dark alleys.”

— Sherry Thomas

“Where we are, There's daggers in men's smiles: the near in blood, The nearer bloody.”

— William Shakespeare

“I looked at the faces around me and I knew mine was like theirs. Faces with the blood drained away, tight faces, worried, lost.…

— John Fante

“and when I took my fingers down, there was the stain of the tears, tinged with mortal blood. And already there was begun in…

— Anne Rice

“I was hardly worthy of these surroundings. And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped about my body, and had the…

— Arthur Golden

“...gracious your form and your eyes as honey : desire is poured upon your lovely face Aphrodite has honored you exceedingly...”

— Sappho

“The love of all things was upon me, and a softness to them all, and a sense of having something even such as they…

— R.D. Blackmore

“There’s daggers in men’s smiles. The near in blood, The nearer bloody.”

— William Shakespeare

“Love and sorrow were similar, in that both ripped you wide open and left you without skin.”

— Sarah Jude

“And the intimate profundity of that look he gave me when he received his hurt remains to this day in my memory-like a claim…

— Joseph Conrad

“Pure, spiritual, intellectual love shot from their faces like barbed lightning. It was so unlike the love we experience that its expression could easily…

— C.S. Lewis