“For why war? Nada ne hurt, sister ne hurt, for why you make vesna sore? For why!”
“Why does it hurt so much? Why does it have to hurt?”
“I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting.”
“As Mab explains to Will why using magic has to hurt...."Think about guns. If it hurt you to shoot a gun, don't you think people would think harder about when and where and why they did it?”
“You didn’t hurt me, the situation did. And now that I know why I felt that way, it won’t hurt.”
“The people you are closest to tend to be able to hurt you the most - that is why heartbreak is so hard to deal with, why death is so painful, and why fights can destroy things that matter.”