"Words are magic. They have the power to hurt and to heal, and even withholding them has the power to hurt and to heal. What else has as much potency in its absence and can do without doing? What I mean is, even when you don’t say anything, you are communicating as effectively as if you’d spoken."
#hurt
88 quotes about hurt
Discover inspiring hurt quotes from famous authors and thought leaders. Find wisdom and motivation about hurt to inspire your life.
hurt Quotes
"I still haven't found the humor in getting hit by a cement truck. My knees still hurt when I think about it, so no jokes about that yet."
"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."
"Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears."
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,Love like you'll never be hurt,Sing like there's nobody listening,And live like it's heaven on earth."
"The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didn’twork out the first time."
"When a person is punished for their honesty they begin to learn to lie."
"She cuts me deep with her words, with her withholding of words, and with her knife. I’m not sure which is the most painful."
"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."
"My soul hurts."
"You can't hurt me the way you think you can. But even if you could? I would rather die with the taste of you on my tongue than live and never touch you again. I'm in love with you, Mara. I love you. No matter what you do."
"Hurt is a part of life. To be honest, I think hurt is a part of happiness, that our definition of happiness has gotten very narrow lately, very nervous, a little afraid of this brawling, fabulous, unpredictable world."
"One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects."
"Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him."
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious."
"The cruelest thing you can do to a person who's living in panic is to offer him or her hope that turns out false. When the crash comes its intolerable."
"William Hurt has a painful last name. Kevin Love has a name perfect for February 14th. But what about Johnny Longdong? Where does he fit?"
"You'll stop hurting when you stop hoping."
"Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not towisdom, but to scar tissue and callus."
"It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once."