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“Why did he always have to be the one left behind? Why did he always have to be the one to gather the broken…

— Ais

But the division in him was a sorrow and a torment, and he became accustomed to it only as one gets used to an…

— Boris Pasternak

“What he didn't know was that he always would and that in all those important moments that were yet to come to pass in…

— Dorothea Benton Frank

“Had he healed one wound only to open another?”

— Mary Balogh

“It was the thumbprints of human imperfection that used to move him, the flaws in the design: the lopsided smile, the wart next to…

— Margaret Atwood

“He felt light, lighter than ever in all his years. He had severed all relationships. It occurred to him that he had been alone…

— Joseph Roth

“..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later.”

— Ransom Riggs

“He was a man who loved selflessly and honestly, and she was taking him to a monster who would slice him open and fuck…

— Pam Godwin

Deeply, he felt the love for the run-away in his heart, like a wound, and he felt at the same time that this wound…

— Hermann Hesse

“Did he still want it? Did he still want to live? Yes, yes, oh, God, yes, please. Because, O.K., the thing was—he saw it…

— George Saunders

“The perfect wound was one that was not mortal, debilitating, or disfiguring, but that was bad enough to get you out.”

— Mark Bowden

As a child, he had hardened his heart and learned to take their punches. He had learned to spit back and take down anyone…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon