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“I felt an odd sense of protectiveness. It flaked off my skin, revealing a red-hot anger at the idea that someone would hurt him.”

— Lauren Nicolle Taylor

“He had never looked at me before, never, and the idea made my skin burn.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“I really didn’t mean to hurt him. But we’re all means to an end. And he was no exception.”

— Cristiana Di Palma

“There was no love in my heart for this man—hell, I didn’t even like him—but that didn’t stop my hand from trembling as I…

— Lisa Kessler

“He was hurting, and I hurt with him. We had never been able to maintain any level of detachment from each other’s suffering, and…

— R.K. Lilley

“You can't hurt each other without hurting me.”

— Stephenie Meyer

“I had no technique for dealing with him: only an overpowering, unnerving, irrational, chemical desire to be with him.”

— Elaine Dundy

“I’m the only one getting punished,” he grumbled. “I could never really hurt you. I tried. I couldn’t. I wanted to make you bleed,…

— Jane Washington

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

— Alexandra Ripley

“Maybe we just lived between hurting and healing.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“My nerves needed a break, not a reminder of how much trouble we were in. I prowled around, but it didn't help. I still…

— Karen Chance

“be with him was to hurt him—inevitably.”

— John Green