“ You are ever the only onei want to giveall the peachesin my heart tothe only one by whomi want them bruised. Sanober Khan
“ And I wanted this girl who was like no girl I had ever known, wanted her not in spite of her moods and her secret bruises and her sad attempts at artifice but because of them, because of them all. Tana French
“ She met a boyand called him Stargazerbecause instead of poemshe recited the names of constellations.He said the freckles on his armswere roadmaps to the sky,and the bruises that he carriedwere superno… Alaska Gold
“ What the hell was that?” he asked no-one in particular. “Did they ram us?”“Uh – negative, sir.” Marnetti offered, reading an instrumental assessment from his display, “It seems we were hit by some kin… Christina Engela
“ I used to pray you know, pray to God that He would somehow stop it. All the nights of listening to my mother scream and things breaking. Of holding my brother and sister and listening to them cry and… Emily Andrews
“ Even when battered and broken, he was beautiful. Yes, a guy could be beautiful. Especially if that guy was Deandre. Aishabella Sheikh
“ Someday those bruises inside you will heal. You can't know when someday will come, or what life will look like when it finally does. ... But in a way it doesn't even matter because someday isn't what… Lauren Miller
“ It was the kind of moonthat I would want to send back to my ancestorsand gift to my descendantsso they know that I too,have been bruised...by beauty. Sanober Khan
