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It doesn't actually feel bad to get a small cut.聽 I think having my whole arm chopped off with a sword would be awful, but this little bit, this little hurt, fills me up inside in a way that is quite nice.
Kimberly Elkins, What Is Visible
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...but I could only utter words, dark, useless words which fell onto the floor beside me and rolled off into the corners and underneath the bed.
Anonymous, Go Ask Alice
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[W]hen a man鈥檚 hands are callused, you know he鈥檚 honest.
Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds
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