“Missing rubs the soul raw.”
“It had soaked in on him at last, the spot he was in. Soaked clear through a quart of booze until it hit him where he lived and rubbed the place raw.”
“Hating hurts the hater the most. Hating is not a salve for the wounded soul, it is an abrasive that keeps the soul wounded and raw and oversensitive.”
“They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words.”
“He needs to go rub his soul against life.”
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