“The most vicious weapon is the tongue,' Mama said, 'and it can hurt you worse than anyone.'
Mama also said 'A dog who will bring a bone, will carry one.”
Source: Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
“It seems like it's ancient history now. Centuries have passed..."
"But it hurts like it happened yesterday..." I said.”
“This is why me don't like to do it... Think about the past. The memories too painful. The hope hurt. All I want to do is live the life in front of me, because it's a miracle me make it here.”
Source: River Sing Me Home
“Forgiveness is a decision we make about how we treat people who hurt us.”
Source: Loving People Who Are Hard to Love Study Guide: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally
“No one on this earth can have a relationship and never disappoint, hurt or offend another. If you are hoping for this type of relationship, you will be looking for it all your life and not find it.”
Source: Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally
“In this world there are many, many situations where giving someone something doesn't necessarily mean you'll receive anything in return. When you choose to give, you must remember this, or else the only one hurt will be you.”
Source: Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2
“Mourning is the experience of grief that we have when something we had a deep connection to has ended. It is the feelings that we go through and the ways we express our sadness and emotions. It is both an internal and external experience that makes us feel like we are barely able to control anything happening, even ourselves and our emotions.”
Source: Mourning Love: It is time to let go of that pain you have been carrying around for so long...
“I'd be a monster not to care whether another person is hurt.”
Source: House of Sky and Breath
“You ever get so disappointed in somebody that it doesn't even hurt? You don't feel anything at all.
It's just like 'That's how it is, huh?”
“I'm stuck between giving up and already done. I'm not sure where I am right now but there's no light at the end of the tunnel and the end feels near”