#hurt

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#everyone #greater #help #himself #hurt

Leaving would imply suitcases and empty drawers, and late birthday cards with ten-dollar bills stuffed inside. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#hurt #leaving #life #pain #life

I don’t reply. Surely Tucker wouldn’t bring someone back to a room knowing that I’ll be in the bed too, first shot. He wouldn’t do anything with her after last night, this morning and this afternoon, second shot. Although he is all over her and has been since we got here, third shot. Maybe I didn’t drop my knickers quick enough, fourth shot. He’s probably laughing at me for everything I told him about the dream and stuff I wince and slam the now empty jager bomb glass down. ↗

— R.S. Burnett

#hurting #dreams

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best? ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#god #human #hurt #love #pain