Friendship Quote by David Baldacci

“It was the loss of her friend, not the loss of her suitor, that had taught her how deeply pain could cut.”

— Libbie Hawker

“It eased the pain some when she thought about the way he’d treated her and hatred burned away the hurt.”

— Alexandra Ripley

“But it hurt. It was like a thousand tiny cuts on her soul.”

— Jaclyn Dolamore

“path down her cheek. How did she make him understand that his kindness was tearing her apart?”

— Katie Graykowski

“It was hard to accept that she had almost no feelings, maybe none at all, for me as a man. This hurt so bad…

— Haruki Murakami

“And before she could help herself, her heart was breaking for him. Like it didn't have anything better to break over.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“A good guy would have been more of a bastard to her, hurt her to avoid hurting her worse.”

— Laura Bradley Rede

“It seemed the more he cared for her, the more easily he hurt her. Is that what love was? A finely honed blade that…

— Alyssa Cole

“He wanted to protect her and fuck her and comfort her and destroy her all at once. The chaos of his emotions coiled around…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“What upset her most was the cold-blooded way he'd dismissed her from his life. It seemed so easy for him, so...simple. She was gone…

— Debbie Macomber

“Sometimes she wondered if those who felt too deeply were the ones who, when hurt, shut down their emotions even tighter than others.”

— Christy Reece

“Looking at that pain in her eyes, he felt a closeness with her that he had never experienced before. Like they shared something powerful…

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn