Bruised Quotes

“it was the kind of moon
that I would want to
send back to my ancestors
and gift to my descendants

so they know that I too,
have been bruised...by beauty.”
― Sanober Khan, Turquoise Silence

“You will come away bruised.
You will come away bruised
but this will give you poetry.”
― Yrsa Daley-Ward

“you are ever
the only one

i want to give
all the peaches
in my heart to

the only one
by whom
i want them bruised.”
― Sanober Khan

“When she went out she used to wear a lot of eye shadow, which married with the sulky way she sometimes held her mouth to give her a characteristic bruised look; a look that subtly made one want to bruise her more.”
― John Fowles, The Magus

“Those are big collisions, Hally. They make for a lot of bruises. People get hurt in all that bumping, and we're sick and tired of it now. It's been going on for too long. Are we never going to get it right?...Learn to dance life like champions instead of always being just a bunch of beginners at it?”
― Athol Fugard, Master Harold...and the boys

“Your eyes are hallow,
Your heart is bruised,
Your temple has been raided,
Your soul has been shattered,
Was he worth it?”
― Tannaz Sayadi, Write like no one is reading 2

“Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I write because I have a small heart that is bruised and abandoned and I want ways to love it more and more.”
― Nitya Prakash

“To show you all my scars, is not to tell you that this Dunya would always leave you wounded, and bruised, and on knees, but to show you that see, healing is always possible. Healing is easy. Healing is beautiful.”
― Khadija Rupa

“Hands that hold you so tenderly that you feel loved and bruised at the same time.”
― Nitya Prakash

“He who is bruised never fear the blade.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Broken, bruised, but still fighting.”
― Avijeet Das, Why the Silhouette?

“I opened the drawers of the vanity, searching for a scarf or something to cover the bruise peeking over the collar of my blue tunic, but then paused and glared at myself in the mirror. He'd acted like a brute and a savage, and if he'd come to his senses by this morning, then seeing what he'd done would be minimal punishment.

Sniffing, I opened the collar of my tunic further and tucked stray strands of my golden-brown hair behind my ears so there would be no concealing it. I was beyond cowering.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“My high altitude injured right hand is recovering. The hand itself is not injured, it is the injured nerve in the arm that is causing muscle wasting in the hand. It seems to be bruised. Injured nerves can take 1-2 years to recover. Given that it has shown an extensive recovery already, I expect it may fully recover in a year or so. The damaged nerve was an occupational hazard of being an altitude researcher!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“What I did mind were the nights when I was confronted with myself, the nights I had no girl to distract me, no drug to satisfy me, the nights when I actually had to think about life and face it. On the nights when I had to look straight at who I was, who I had become, inexplicably, I would punch myself in the face as hard as I could. I would pummel my face until I fell asleep, eyes bruised and full of tears.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“I’m scraped and bruised from the fall, muscles tight and sore, but I’m alive and I’m free, I’m free, I’m free—

Suddenly, something steps out from behind the statue and slams into me.”
― Elizabeth Helen, Bonded by Thorns

“Your skin is far too lovely to be bruised,' ...”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Fall of Ruin and Wrath

“I was not bruised.'

The prince eyed me. 'I do enjoy your lies.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Fall of Ruin and Wrath