“The blues? Why, the blues are a part of me. They're like a chant. The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When we sing blues, we're singing out our hearts, we're singing out our feelings. Maybe we're hurt and just can't answer back, then we sing or maybe even hum the blues. When I sing, 'I walk the floor, wring my hands and cry -- Yes, I walk the floor, wring my hands and cry,'... what I'm doing is letting my soul out.” HeartSoulFeelingsHandsHurtAnswersWalksCrySingingSacredMy Soul Author:Alberta Hunter
“My legal wife is to me dead; the only ecclesiastical authority I recognise pronounces me free; the attacks and threats of men do not disturb me. I am acting according to a clear conscience, and am doing hurt to no man. For my conduct, I will answer to my maker.” MenHurtAnswersActingClearWifeAuthorityConscienceThreatMakersRecogniseClear Conscience Author:William the Silent
“Has he ever trapped you in a room and not let you out? Has he ever raised a fist as if he were going to hit you? Has he ever thrown an object that hit you or nearly did? Has he ever held you down or grabbed you to restrain you? Has he ever threatened to hurt you? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then we can stop wondering whether he'll ever be violent; he already has been.” IfsHas BeensHurtAnswersRoomsWonderObjectsRaisedViolentThrownTrappedThreatenedFists Author:Lundy Bancroft
“They say atomic rad-i-ation can hurt your reproductive organs. My answer is, so can a hockey stick. But we don't stop building them.” HurtAnswersModernBuildingSticksHockeyOrgansModern LifeRadHockey Sticks Author:Johnny Carson
“When we sing the blues, we're singin' out our hearts, we're singing out our feelings. Maybe we're hurt and just can't answer back, then we sing or maybe even hum the blues.” HeartFeelingsHurtAnswersSinging Author:Zora Neale Hurston
“Why love, if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore: only the life I have lived... The pain now is part of the happiness then.” IfsLovePainHurtAnswersLosingGreatest LoveHopkinsLove PainLove And PainHurt So MuchLosing EverythingHappiness NowLove Is PainIt Still Hurts Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I also think one of the things that's really hurting us is political activism of any stripe. Michael Jordan had it exactly right, he was my idol - when he was asked about a political question at one point and he said I'm not going to answer it, and they said why not, and he said: Because Republicans buy gym shoes too, right? That doesn't exist anymore, that kind of smarts.” ThinkingKindSaidPoliticalHurtAnswersRepublicanSmartShoesActivismWhy NotGymIdolsThey SaidJordanStripesPolitical Activism Author:Edward Allen Bernero