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(noun) An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience. Example: "how to overcome old hurts of the past"

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"Sometimes people pretend that you are not enough for them so they don't feel guilty about hurting you."
— Carla Stokes
"True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life."
— James Baldwin
"What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle."
— Rumi
"Too much kindness might hurt too much."
— Sophie Smith
"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
— Mark Twain
"People's affection hurts me but it's a beautiful pain."
— Charlie Chaplin
"When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time."
— Maya Angelou
"I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend."
— Nina LaCour
"A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves."
— Mother Teresa
"You hurt different when you really care about someone."
— Sophie Smith
"It was happy while it lasted, but now it pains as you are holding the knife and twisting it- clockwise."
— Megan Denelle Lao
"If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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