It would hurt to leave, but it's what I had to do.
—S.C. Stephens in Reckless
It never hurts to ask. Unless you ask for hurt.
—Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata
Any fool can love somebody who's perfect, somebody who does everything right. But that doesn't stretch your soul. Your soul only gets stretched when you can still love somebody after they've hurt you.
—Susan Elizabeth Phillips in Hot Shot
One day you'll wake up and find that the pain's still there but it doesn't hurt quite so much.
—Sarra Manning in Let's Get Lost
Do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much—pain, frustration, anger…and I still loved her. I still do.
—Brandon Sanderson in The Way of Kings
I believe in love. I believe in hard times and love winning. I believe marriage is hard. I believe people make mistakes. I believe people can want two things at once. I believe people are selfish and generous at the same time. I believe very few people want to hurt others. I believe that you can be surprised by life. I believe in happy endings.
—Isabel Gillies in Happens Every Day
Pain was my tie to a past that a part of me wanted to hold on to. The more I hurt, the more I knew I loved, and that felt like a good thing.
—Daria Snadowsky in Anatomy of a Single Girl