Books Quote by Lidia Yuknavitch

“I reached out and placed my hand on the book and thought maybe someday I wouldn't need the bruises or the scars anymore. Maybe…

— Han Nolan

“He picked up his knife and started carving again. He concentrated on the lines and planes of the wood to keep his mind from…

— Lorraine Heath

“He sat looking down at his hands--his fine strong unscarred hands. Suddenly and unreasonably he thought of another pair of hands--his mother's--with the knuckles…

— Edna Ferber

“He reached for one of her fidgeting hands, grasping hold. Her eyes met his then faltered, lowered and grazed over his damaged skin. Her…

— Lotchie Burton

“I spent the rest of the day in someone else's story. The rare moments that I put the book down, my own pain returned…

— Amy Plum

“This man was hurt, damaged in some fundamental way. She saw it not in those scars upon his body but in the haunted expression…

— Emily March

“She was still clutching the book. She was holding desperately on to the words who had saved her life.”

— Markus Zusak

“They knew, though, she would not suffer as they had suffered. She was perfect. They were scarred.”

— Francesca Lia Block

“I was doomed to it. For there was no way to convince him that, with all his scars, the terrible truth was that he…

— Simone St. James

“Remembered pain tightened his mouth into a grim line. The weeks he’d spent looking for her had left permanent scars on his heart.”

— Tara Janzen

“He was always so happy when he returned that I wondered why he did it, why he tortured himself by watching a bruised world…

— Chris Struyk-Bonn

“He didn’t know how one’s flesh prickled when fear took hold. He didn’t understand what it was like to gaze into the future and…

— Lorraine Heath