“I'll never forget how he used to be But I'm better off living with memories I know that it's gonna hurt But I don't think it gets any worse”— Miranda Lambert, youtube.com
“School was a very cruel environment, and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt, and I learnt to cope with it.”— Kate Bush, brainyquote.com
“Sometimes I look at the lives of the people around me and I wonder if we aren’t all destined to leave a trail of damage.”— Jojo Moyes
“Maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or somewhere you’re afraid to go. It’s gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters.”— John Green, amazon.com
“You do not get to destroy someone and decide how ruined they are allowed to feel.”— Anonymous, oriejames.tumblr.com
“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.”— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, goodreads.com
“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you.”— John Green, amazon.com
“It’s just how it is sometimes. Things hurt, and they hurt for a long time. You have to fight back, or it wins.”— Robin Benway, amazon.com
“‘Does it hurt?’ Asked the rabbit. ‘Sometimes,’ said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. ‘When you are Real, you don’t mind being hurt.’”— Margery Williams, amazon.com