#hurt

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. ↗

— John Green

#self-determination #hurt

So you're always honest," I said. "Aren't you?" "No," I told him. "I'm not." "Well, that's good to know, I guess." "I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways." "How'd you mean it, then?" "I just...I don't always say what I feel." "Why not?" "Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. "Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#truth #hurt

At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved. ↗

— John Green

#hurt

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#pain #trauma #hurt

To hurt is as human as to breathe. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#hurt #hurt

We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either. ↗

— John Green

#the-fault-in-our-stars #hurt

But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#salvation #hurt

I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#hurt

Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avaoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt and they don't want to know about yours. But think of it this way: If people avoid you, you will have more time to meditate and do fine research on a cure for whatever truly afflicts you. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#humanity #self-worth #social-mores #hurt

The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it. ↗

— Walt Disney Company

#hurt