Quote by Jill S. Alexander

“...hurting was better than dying.”

— Linda Howard

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

— Alexandra Ripley

“...it is almost always the case that whatever has wounded you will also be instrumental in your healing.”

— Robert A. Johnson

“Maybe we just lived between hurting and healing.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“You know, it does hurt. But it also makes me feel alive and it's been a long time since anyone's made that much of…

— Jamie Kristopher

“What once hurt, eventually helped me to heal.”

— Abra Ebner

“Some wounds never heal, and that man has just taken such a wounding.”

— Steven Erikson

“Although the magnitude of my pain would scream otherwise, I cannot be so remiss as not to realize that my wounds are the precious…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“People feel sorry for your pain, and pain just is. It doesn’t only happen when you’re worthy of it.”

— Erin Butler

“I am sorry that the only way we have been taught to heal is to hurt.”

— Alok Vaid-Menon

“What made my loss, my pain, any more important than everyone else's.”

— Mark Lawrence

“Everybody’s damaged. It’s just a question of how badly, and whether you’re healing or still bleeding.”

— Angela N. Blount