Bruise Quote by Veronica Wolff

“Nothing could have prepared her. She flinched. Scars, distorted flesh like someone had filleted his skin. Little was left that had made up the…

— T.A. Grey

“There were creases at the corners of her mouth, the marks of too many words bitten back.”

— Frances Hardinge

“That's a bad bruise." "I scarcely feel it." Indeed, she probably could have been smacked over the head with a log just then and…

— Josie Litton

“A half-drowned stranger was more exciting than a bruised and exhausted daughter. She could be dying for all they'd care, she thought angrily, picking…

— Vivien Alcock

“Soon she'd spot the bruise behind the inflection. I blamed her for not seeing the bruise so I wouldn't be blamed for hiding it…

— André Aciman

“She shook her head vigorously, refusing to look at me as tears started to spill down her cheeks. “It’s not fine. I should have…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“She let out a laugh, one that scraped her throat and bled on her tongue.”

— Jackie Morse Kessler

“Thankfully he was wearing a towel—even if it was positioned sinfully low on his hips. But that still left an awful lot to look…

— Amy Andrews

“and bent to kiss her dad’s forehead. “I gotta hit it.” “Let me know if I can help.” “I’ll”

— Marie Force

“Carefully, the girl skimmed her fingers across her mother's knee. It was smooth; the skin had closed across the tiny wounds like the surface…

— Ursula Hegi

“Cindy moved her arm as she spoke so her mother would not stare at the bruise.”

— Anne Schraff

“The flush on her pale cheeks was like the blush of sunset on snow.”

— Faraaz Kazi