Quotes on Been Hurt

I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.' Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. [...] We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were.

Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you've never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility. And I defend because in spite of it all, I find that I love.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone... but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.

Injury in general teaches you to appreciate every moment. I've had my share of injuries throughout my career. It's humbling. It gives you perspective. No matter how many times I've been hurt, I've learned from that injury and come back even more humble.

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

Make love like you have no secrets like you've never been left never been hurt like the world don't owe you a single wretched thing.

Think of each wound as you would of a child who has been hurt by a friend. As long as that child is ranting and raving, trying to get back at the friend, one wound leads to another. But when the child can experience the consoling embrace of a parent, she or he can live through the pain, return to the friend, forgive, and build up a new relationship. Be gentle with yourself, and let your heart be your loving parent as you live your wounds through.

It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived.

She would wonder what had hurt her when she found her face wet with tears, and then would wonder how she could have been hurt without knowing it.