2,939 Quotes About Cutting

Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.

What immense satisfaction it must be to fashion a story like [Maupassant's]! One must say 'fashion' because it is not merely writing, but massing and cutting away like a sculptor, chiseling lean and clear. And to put one's work confidently in the crucible of Time; to know that in six perfect pages is the finest form of one's idea: This satisfaction is the only true reward of the artist, and this his highest possible joy on Earth.

The past does not define me, it ignites me. The past is not a piece of me, it has placed me

Interns are like not-cut diamonds; They have flaws, some of them are totally worthless, but once you cut them well, they can become something great one day, And that's what I'm doing, I'm cutting diamonds...

Could a scar be like the rings of a tree, reopened with each emotional season?

You and your scars. Please! You don't kill youself like this!" I gesture, holding a wrist turned up to the ceiling, then pretending to cut across it with my other hand. "That's just a cry for help. That's just attention. Everbody knows that. Cutting across just gets you to the hospital. That's just from movies and TV shows and stuff like that. You didn't really try to kill yourself. you just wanted attention, but you screwed up. Try harder next time.

I’m no tattoo artist, but I do have a knife.And I’ll cut to the chase and say I use it every night. The first letter of your nameStarts with an “L”So I keep drawing them lowercaseAll over my shell.People ask why I cut myself,I say, “I’m just writing.

I assume you are waiting for a happy ending. You want the narrative to neatly turn to, "And then he realized what he was doing was just not wise, went to a good therapist, and now everything's better so let's go get a sweet."Life doesn't work that way.I don't die, though.

I tried to book a flight to her mind, but I'm not on the list.And now I'm terminal: I'm breathing brandy.I've incorporated another tally mark on my wrist. I get my vitamins in: colored capsules I call candy.Life is just a bunch of dashes-- Interrupted sentences with no finish line.But at least if you wet your eyelashes,You can get a cinematic look in life.