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Bones Quotes

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Jessamyn West (1979). “The life I really lived: a novel”, Harcourt

And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.

William Butler Yeats (2015). “When You Are Old: Early Poems, Plays, and Fairy Tales”, p.48, Penguin

You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me.

Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1628, Simon and Schuster

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas!

D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.417, Cambridge University Press

Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own.

Dorothy West (2009). “The Wedding: A Novel”, p.171, Anchor

Hard words indeed break no bones, but many a heart has been broken by them.

Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.874

My own apathy is bone chilling.

Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.33, Counterpoint Press