Quote by Wendy Blackburn

“It doesn't matter how many times I've been called a name, it still hurts - and it still always comes as such a surprise…

— James Howe

“Thinking about all that was exhausting. Despite the hours I‘d spent getting shrink-wrapped, I still wasn‘t sold that talking did a whole heck of…

— Ilsa J. Bick

“He didn't say much at our first meeting - nor at any of our meetings since, come to think of it - but left…

— Mary Ann Shaffer

“Our fatigue limited our desire to talk. Besides, each person's story did nothing except bring you closer to your own pain.”

— Edwidge Danticat

“I was on the point of breaking off the conversation, for nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Words can hurt. Speech can harm. Always think through before you talk and you will save a heart from feeling bitter.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“I want to talk about what happened without mentioning how much it hurt. There has to be a way. To care for the wounds…

— Lora Mathis

“I've been through so many meetings and partings. They were like a heavy secret, but when I started to talk about them, they seemed…

— Natsume Yuujinchou

“If people call me names, they do. I’m just trying to make it a little harder for people to feel comfortable killing each other.”

— James S.A. Corey

“meeting: managed to make it not hurt at all. But after the diagnosis, everything fucking hurts.”

— Ken Mooney

“My nerves needed a break, not a reminder of how much trouble we were in. I prowled around, but it didn't help. I still…

— Karen Chance

“It struck me that this was the second time in a couple of days that just yelling someone's name on the street could have…

— Catherine Ryan Hyde