Emotional Damage Quotes

“I'd never thought about what my favorite color was before. It never seemed important.
Not until I looked into a pair of ocean blue eyes and realized that perhaps drowning was a beautiful thing.
Not until I looked into a pair of fiery blue eyes and realized that perhaps burning was a painless thing.
Not until I looked into a pair of sky blue eyes and realized that perhaps falling was a peaceful thing.
I'd never thought about what my favorite color was before because I hadn't seen one that was worthy of the title. Until now, that is.
‘Blue,’ I say, my voice low.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“Some children are threatened with loss of privileges such as money, cell phones, cars or even eviction from home if they do not 'toe-the-line' and 'act straight'. I don't think parents who do such things consider for a moment the kind of emotional damage they are doing to their children - or thinking beyond their own feelings about the situation - which will not change or go away simply because of their denial.”
― Christina Engela, All That Remains

“How can he disobey me, hmm? Think for a moment, Wei-gongzi. I have his life strung between my fingers.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Vol. 6

“though my life had been short, i had lived long. and in the end, this was enough.”
― Tillie Cole

“...those absent can feel more present, do more damage, than any warm body in the room.”
― Stacey Swann, Olympus, Texas

“But my soul searches for Maeve.”
― M Hayes, If We Disappear Here

“Let me hold you.” I tow her against my chest, forming her frail body around me. I need this, I need her. If this is where we die, I want her in my arms for our last remaining breaths. “Rest. I’ve got you.”
― M Hayes, If We Disappear Here

“Needing to see her, I open my eyes. Bleary, my stare connects with the fear in Maeve’s blues as air bubbles drift from her nose. At least my favorite color is the last thing I’ll see.”
― M Hayes, If We Disappear Here

“She’s married. I’m married. We’re married. To other people. People we thought were lost, but were granted a second chance. And I love my wife. I do. But my soul searches for Maeve.”
― M Hayes, If We Disappear Here

“Humans are delicate too. The teensiest mistake can ruin them, even if you do everything else right. Just because mistakes seem small and insignificant doesn’t mean they are.”
― Brenna Thummler, Delicates

“You see… its to save the island… to save Eldia. But… its more than that… the reality of life beyond the walls… was nothing like the world i’d dreamed about… it was nothing like the world i’d seen… in armins book… when I learned that humanity had survived beyond the walls… I was so… so disappointed… so... I made a wish. I wished for it all to be wiped away... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... I'm... sorry...”
― Hajime Isayama

“His silence said more than mercy ever could.”
― Arden Frost, The Fallen Prince: Book Two of the Crystal Realms Saga

“Most damage doesn’t happen suddenly. It accumulates quietly.”
― ELEN SIGHT, THINK TWICE: A Memoir —Delayed Desire and Irreversible Damage