Quote by Jack L. Pyke

“Just remember, if you lick your wounds for too long, they will never heal.”

— Claudia Harbaugh

“She just wanted to be left alone to lick her wounds, like a puppy that had been kicked repeatedly.”

— Sylvain Reynard

“Shut up in public those bloody private wounds.”

— Sylvia Plath

“Gradually, she had realized that this was just another wound that would heal if she didn't hold it close, but released the pain and…

— Iris Johansen

“Some wounds never really heal. They just scab over enough to let you keep on going.”

— Seanan McGuire

“I bit my lip. I was so enraptured in what he was doing to me that I couldn't answer.”

— Gideon Rathbone

“And he'd said nothing or something that amounted to nothing, and I tongued this memory like a burn in my mouth until the bathwater…

— Catherine Lacey

“They sat a long time in silence, each chained to a separate wound.”

— Casper Silk

“I wanted her note to say that I was a red hole dug out of the guts of her, a seeping wound that hadn’t…

— Joshilyn Jackson

“And yet, out of the blue, a tender moment would erupt so suddenly between us that the words I longed to tell him would…

— André Aciman

“The words come out harsh, raw. That's all I have. The wounds he gave me don't heal but fester.”

— Marata Eros

“Now, these were wounds I could have healed with a single thought. Just to feel pain, sometimes, was enough to cancel it.”

— Matt Haig