“My chest hurts… It hurts. The sound of his name is like a knife in my heart.”

“I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife
inside
because there was no alternative except to hide as long
as possible---
not in self-pity but with dismay at my limited chance:
trying to connect.”

“Can’t sleep ‘cause all the dirt make my heart hurt”

“It is too late to start
For destinations not of the heart.
I must stay here with my hurt.”

“I delete the picture of him from my phone; I delete his number. I think that if I just delete him enough, it will be like none of it ever happened and my heart won't hurt so badly”

“Sheep hurt my father, and through my father, sheep have also hurt me.”

“The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.”

“Myspace hurts my eyes.”

“Adrian stood there leaning against the doorframe, watching me with his heart in his eyes. In my chest, my own heart was breaking. On my cheek, the lily reminded me who I was.”

“Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one.
The pain is an anchor, mooring me”