“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world… but you do have a say in who hurts you.”

“You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.”

John Green book The Fault in Our Stars

“Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt.
Do you like to hurt?
I do, I do
then hurt me.”

Conor Oberst (1980) American musician

“Why is there evil in the world? Because sometimes you just wanna fuckin have it, and you don’t care who gets hurt.”

Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World

“Don't die. Don't die! You don't have to win. You don't have to keep trying! Just don't get hurt anymore, please!”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

“Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.”

Holly Black (1971) American children's fiction writer

“I always tell the girls never take it seriously, if you never take it seriously you never get hurt, if you never get hurt you always have fun, and if you ever get lonely just go to the record store and visit your friends.”

Cameron Crowe (1957) Academy Award-winning American writer and film director

“Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt use it — don't cheat with it.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

“Trust me, you can't play the game if you don't know the rules. And if you don't know the rules, someone's bound to get hurt.”

Alyson Nöel book Dark Flame

“Sometimes the only thing to do is to take the thing that you must have. Even if someone gets hurt.”

Stephen King book Full Dark, No Stars