“Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.”
Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains
Source: Narcissus in Chains
“Christ,” p. 106
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”
“Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.”
Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains
Source: Narcissus in Chains
on climate change
David A. Ridenour, "Senators Try to Stifle the Global Warming Debate," Chicago Sun Times, November 16, 2006
“Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”
Novalis (1772–1801) German poet and writer
As quoted in Quote, Unquote (1989) by Jonathan Williams, p. 136
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XXIV: On despising death
Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927) revolutionary, poet & writer
Masterpieces of Patriotic Urdu Poetry, p. 111
Poetry, Desire for Self-sacrifice
“Thrice venomed is the wound when 'tis Love's hand
Inflicts the blow.”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(3rd August 1822) Sketches from Drawings by Mr. Dagley. Sketch the Second. Love touching the Horns of a Snail, which is shrinking from his hand.
The London Literary Gazette, 1821-1822
Hjalmar Schacht (1877–1970) German politician
On the Treaty of Versailles, as quoted in Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression (1946) by the United States Department of State, Vol. 2, p. 754.
“I hate witches. Humans had the right idea, burning them at the stake.”
Charlaine Harris book Dead to the World
Source: Dead to the World