Nature Quote by Oscar Wilde

“The pain was swift and immediate. It wasn't stabbing, or fiery, or unbearable. More like a fraying of my inner self, a few threads…

— Julie Kagawa

“A finely tuned spike of pain speared through his skull, signalling a detectable breach in his conditioning. He didn't want to stop his decent…

— Nalini Singh

“His anguish had grown skeletal in its solitude. He wished it didn’t have to be so, that one could ingest pain and keep it…

— Tatjana Soli

“His declaration pierced through the muscle of her heart like a skillfully thrown knife. It was the kind of pain that made her feel…

— Stephanie Perkins

“The sharp, superficial pain at being spoken to unkindly had obscured the deeper pain, which had not yet turned into something hard and heavy.”

— Olivia Sudjic

“The pain the mere thought of that caused was intense.”

— Zoe Burton

“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

“But he finally saw how pain caused one of two things: A reverence for life. Or killing. Both grew from the same seed.”

— Cynthia Rylant

“He watched the pain's unsummoned appearance with a cold, detached curiosity; he said to himself: Well, here it is again. He waited to see…

— Ayn Rand

“How could a feeling that leaves you so hollow be a pain that is so sharp?”

— Miguel Syjuco

“It's like my mind knows to stay as far away from him as possible... but my bones, my skin quiver in his presence.”

— David Estes

“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