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“I am not "cured"--I know I never will be. I will always crave that pain to keep me centered. I will always be just a little astounded when I get through a crisis without putting a blade to my flesh.”

Stress Coping Self Injury Self Mutilation

Book:Complete Me

Source: Complete Me

“If I can’t quite figure out what an ego is, all I have to do is look for the thing that’s killing itself in the very act of feeding itself.”

“Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.”

“That's when I wanted to cut. I cut to quiet the cacophony. I cut to end this abstracted agony, to reel my selves back to one present and physical whole, whose blood was the proof of her tangibility.”

Cutting Self Harm Self Injury Cut Si Self Mutilation

Book:Skin Game

Source: Skin Game

“I tried cutting myself to express my heartbreak over Tommy (Lord Flood) rejecting me, but OMFG it hurts like flaming fuck.”

Love Pain Hurt Cutting Self Mutilation

Book:Bite Me

Source: Bite Me

“Lust and self-mutilation are closely related impulses. There are also self-mutilators among knowers: they do not want to be creators under any circumstances.”

Want Self Circumstances Creator Lust Impulse Related Mutilation Castration Self Mutilation

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.”

Source: The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

“The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation.”

Self Christian Spirit Christianity Sacrifice Pride Self Confidence Christian Faith Subjection Derision Mutilation Self Mutilation

Book:BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL - Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future: The Critique of the Traditional Morality and the Philosophy of the Past

Source: BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL - Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future: The Critique of the Traditional Morality and the Philosophy of the Past

“Male domination, and the low and stigmatised status of women, cause teenage girls to engage in punishment of their bodies through eating disorders and self-mutilation. There is increasing evidence that woman-hating Western cultures are toxic to girls and very harmful to their mental health. It is, perhaps, not surprising, therefore, that there seem to be some girls baling out and seeking to upgrade their status.”

“Self-mutilation is a frightening barrier that keeps us from seeing a person who is lost, in pain, and in desperate need of help.”

Needs Persons Self Helping Pain Lost Seeing Desperate Barriers Frightening Mutilation Self Mutilation

Book:Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation

Source: Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation

“Each scar's a cipher rimmed with old barbs and landmines, protecting its truth.”

Scar Ciphers Landmines Barbs Self Mutilation

Author:J. L. B. Smith

“Maybe writing can't be taught, but editing can be taught—prayer, fasting and self-mutilation.”

Writing Self Prayer Taught Editing Fasting Mutilation Self Mutilation

Author:Donald Barthelme