2,939 Quotes About Cutting

She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only way to make her internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it.

A pattern of raised crisscrossed scars, some old and white, others more recent in various shades of pink and red. Exposing the stress of the structure underneath its paint

People should know about us. Girls who write their pain on their bodies. ~Louisa

Unspeakable feelings need to find expression in words. However... verbalization of very intense feelings may be a difficult task.

Self-destructiveness may be a primary form of communication for those who do not yet have ways to tame their excruciating inner conflicts and feelings and who cannot yet turn to others for support.

... it's remembering what it's like to cut, and cut hard. The way you have to dig the glass in, deeply, right away, to break the skin and then drag, and drag fiercely, to make a river worth drowning in.

That's what was in my head in the attic when I took broken glass from my tender kit and began to cut myself into tiny pieces.

We both knew what it was to hurt our bodies. It's a strange reason to bond with someone, but I think we both needed to feel understood, and, even though we couldn't love ourselves, we could love each other.

Don’t ever forget you are beautiful, although your life, your past and your present situation may be ugly. You are beautiful.