It Hurts Quotes - Page 17

• (His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.

  Kevin Henkes

  Hurt, Morning, Sadness

  Kevin Henkes (2013). “Bird Lake Moon”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Mother, Hurt, Book

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.154, A&C Black

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• This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.

  Arundhati Roy

  Family, Hurt, Doctors

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.70, Penguin Books India

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• I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife inside because there was no alternative except to hide as long as possible--- not in self-pity but with dismay at my limited chance: trying to connect.

  Charles Bukowski

  Hurt, Self, Knives

  Charles Bukowski, “Friends Within The Darkness”

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• Once you get into a routine of eating healthy, it hurts twice as much when you fall off the wagon.

  Carrie Underwood

  Hurt, Fall, Healthy

  "Country Singer Carrie Underwood's Sweet Success". Interview with Robin Sayers, www.womenshealthmag.com. September 7, 2010.

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• The leaves streamed down, trembling in the sun. They were not green, only a few, scattered through the torrent, stood out in single drops of green so bright and pure that it hurt the eyes; the rest were not a color, but a light, the substance of fire on metal, living sparks without edges. And it looked as if the forest were a spread of light boiling slowly to produce this color, the green rising in small bubbles, the condensed essence of spring. The trees met, blending over the road and the spots of sun on the ground moved with the shifting of the branches, like a conscious caress.

  Ayn Rand

  Hurt, Spring, Eye

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.480, Penguin

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• Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Hurt, Dark, Boys

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• Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching. -- Dogbert's Motto

  Scott Adams

  Hurt, People, Needs

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• The past was so past it hurt.

  Rick Moody

  Hurt, Past

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• She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of silicon against the tender flesh between her toes. That's life. It hurts, it's dirty, and it feels very, very good.

  Orson Scott Card

  Hurt, Pain, Dirty

  Orson Scott Card, Scott Orson (1997). “Children of the Mind”, Turtleback Books

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• Would it hurt to die?

  J. K. Rowling

  Hurt, Dies

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• Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Inspirational, Hurt, Hands

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• Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it. "Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than falling asleep.

  J. K. Rowling

  Hurt, Fall, Dying

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• All that peace, man, if felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back.

  Tim O'Brien

  Hurt, Men, Want

  Tim O'Brien (2009). “The Things They Carried”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy, and who could blame her with a husband like that . . . She says this is really the only reason people are ever mean--they have something hurting inside of them, a claw of unhappiness scratching at their hearts, and it hurts them so much that sometimes they have to push it right out of their mouths to scratch someone else, just to give themselves a rest, a moment of relief.

  Laura Moriarty

  Mother, Hurt, Husband

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• I'm always wondering if he'll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn't. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling stars and eyelashes. Absence isn't solid the way death is. It's fluid, like language. And it hurts so much...so, so much.

  Jacqueline Woodson

  Hurt, Stars, Fall

  Jacqueline Woodson (2002). “Maizon at Blue Hill”, p.37, Penguin

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• Momiji Sohma: Are you sure? Shigure said it hurt really bad. Hatori Sohma: Yes, well, I did that on purpose. Shigure Sohma: Oh, Ha'ri, you're killing me! Why would you be so cruel? Hatori Sohma: It seemed to be the only way to shut you up at the time.

  Natsuki Takaya

  Hurt, Purpose, Way

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• Gorgeous, glowing rays of light...This was what true beauty and goodness looked like-- a spectral, luminescent gathering of beings so pure it hurt to look directly at them, like the most glorious eclipse, or maybe Heaven itself.

  Lauren Kate

  Hurt, Light, Glowing

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• What?" I asked uneasily. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He shook his head, the smile rueful now. "Because sometimes, a person can get so caught up in the details that they miss the whole. It's not just the dress or the hair. It's YOU. You're beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me.

  Richelle Mead

  Beautiful, Hurt, Hair

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.1326, Penguin

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• Even though it hurt, there are kinds of pain you couldn't speak out loud.

  Jodi Picoult

  Hurt, Pain, Speaks Out

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• Sorry doesn’t mean anything! Not when you’re still with him. It’s not just that you cheated—it’s that he’s still here, and you’re still with him. It just goes on and on, and it hurts every single time I see you with him. I hate it that he makes you smile, and that there’s nothing I can do to stop this. I can’t think straight, and everything hurts, and nothing makes sense anymore. You’re shredding my heart with one hand and stroking his ego with the other. And it’s killing me, Faythe. You’re killing me. And it’s only going to get worse, now that everyone knows.

  Rachel Vincent

  Hurt, Sorry, Hate

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• You're beautiful, Roza. So beautiful it hurts me.

  Richelle Mead

  Beautiful, Hurt, Roza

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• I am really in love with Sam, and it hurts very much.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Hurt

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.

  Mary J. Blige

  Hurt, Want, Things To Do

  " Mary J.Blige Says She's 'Just Fine' With Her New Album, Losing 'Umbrella' to Rihanna" by Jayson Rodriguez, www.mtv.com. October 10, 2007.

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• When you want something so bad it hurts,” he said quietly, “and you bury it, bury it so deep that you convince yourself it no longer matters . . . and someone tells you you can have it, it's terrifying. What if you take the chance and you're wrong? What if you let yourself feel the loss and it's this huge pain and you can't put it back in the box?

  Nalini Singh

  Hurt, Pain, Loss

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