Diana Gabaldon Quotes

I'd been hurt, and in response I had acted violently, destroying a little of myself each time I did so.

You must hurt, or be hurt.

What happened, then? You're stomping through every puddle you can find and look like you're going to punch the first person you see." "Why are you hanging around, then? Aren't you worried about getting hit?" "Aw, you'd never hurt me. My face is too pretty

For what is delusion but the prelude to hurt. And what is hurt but the prelude to rage.

She was on edge, feeling that she might snap or cry at the smallest provocation.

Terror made me cruel; and finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes.

Wrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt.

We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not equivalent.

And he don't know...that I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive, carved my name into his leather seats. I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights, slashed a hole in all 4 tires...Maybe, next time he'll think before he cheats.

I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart.

Violence does not contribute to anything.

Awash in a flood of hostility and despair, they battled and railed and shattered their bodies on one another, unable to find one strand, one sobering swallow of solace.

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

He stared at her fists and at her face and said with upset incredulity, "You promised me you would forgive me-" "Forgive you,"Tatiana hissed through her teeth, tears streaming down her face, "for your brave and indifferent face, Alexander!" She groaned in pain. "Not for your brave and indifferent heart.

Fear, she's the mother of violence.

Craziness attacks the softest eyes and hamstrings the gentlest flanks.

I looked at her, and she was smiling like she was broken.

We're all damaged somehow."-A Great and Terrible Beauty

don't take many words to break a fragile heart!

A rapid bolt will rend the clouds apart, and every single White be seared by wounds. I tell you this. I want it all to hurt.

Angel screeched with fury and despair to the empty walls around her. "I'm human, do you hear me? It hurts!

A party in the orange grove. The pain on Linden's face is immediate. I am unwavering. He has cost me more pain than I will ever be able to repay.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat.

He wanted to hit something or someone. He wanted to burn up the whole world, heal it, and burn it down again.