Desire Quote by Loreth Anne White

“She knew if she loved anything, it would mean destruction not only for her but for that thing also. And she didn’t want any…

— Saravana Kumar Murugan

“Pain was the only sign to her that she was alive and could feel emotion.”

— Jeane Westin

“He wanted to protect her and fuck her and comfort her and destroy her all at once. The chaos of his emotions coiled around…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“It was hard to accept that she had almost no feelings, maybe none at all, for me as a man. This hurt so bad…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Alexandra Ripley

“Death had touched her, hurt her, and left her to deal with its disagreeable aftermath.”

— Zoe Forward

“She hadn't been hurt in any real way, had she? No one had treated her badly. I must just be overly sensitive to things,…

— Haruki Murakami

“She opened herself to him, and, in that moment, she opened herself to the world. Let it hurt her. Let it burn her veins,…

— Dmytry Karpov

“I had cooperated. I could not have refused. I was smitten with her, half in love but also afraid, because in my life (and…

— Paul Theroux

“Why did love have to hurt so much?”

— Marie Higgins

“Sometimes she wondered if those who felt too deeply were the ones who, when hurt, shut down their emotions even tighter than others.”

— Christy Reece

“It started at her mouth with just a wobble, a tremble of her lips. Then her hands joined in, fingers shaking until she had…

— Kennedy Ryan