“The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal… — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Analysts keep having to pick away at the scab that the patient tries to form between himself and the analyst to cover… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
Tell Youth to play with Wine and Love and never bear away the scars! I may as well tilt up the sky… — Ridgely Torrence Copy Share Image
...Time does not heal, It makes a half-stitched scar That can be broken and again you feel Grief as total as in… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“No one emerges from a troubled childhood without the battle scars to prove it. It is amazing that we fare as well… — James P. Krehbiel Copy Share Image
Beyond the wounds of the child and the scars of the man, there is something in the heart of love itself that… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
“Is it bad to like the way the scars look on my skin? Oh, the way they feel under my hands. My… — Taylor Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Or does she still come here simply because it's become a habit, like a scar etched onto her body, one that she… — Shilpi Somaya Gowda Copy Share Image
“I want you to learn that if you don't keep picking at old wounds, over time they will eventually heal. Oh sure,… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share Image
By God, I shall spend the rest of my life getting my heart back, healing and forgetting every scar you put upon… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
Still in my coat and hat, I sank onto the stair to read the letter. (I never read without making sure I… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
His brow is seamed with line and scar; His cheek is red and dark as wine; The fires as of a Northern… — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
“—except for the fact that your scars mean you’ve been hurting, I am one-hundred-percent cool with having them in the painting. Some… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Time heals. No, it doesn't. At best, time is the great leveler, sweeping us all into coffins. We find ways to distract… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it,… — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
And that's the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Scars are souvenirs you never lose, the past is never far, did you lose yourself somewhere out there, did you get to… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
It is folly to pretend that one ever wholly recovers from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. There are… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“Every scar tells a story. Let’s accept it with compassion, embrace it with love, and wear it as a symbol of our… — Ambidextrous Anmol Copy Share Image
Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
“To stand in the shadow of the scar up in the air. To stand-for-no-one-and-nothing. Unrecognized, for you alone. With all there is… — Paul Celan Copy Share Image
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
All of the sudden, my right leg caved in. I crumpled to the floor in pain. The doctor weren't sure I'd ever… — Wilt Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Time doesn't heal scars as most people commonly think. It simply makes them firmer, stiffer. One must accept it and not hope… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because sometimes that is the only way to remember what is in your bones. You must peel off your skin, and that… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Proud in all you are, showing every scar as your badge of honor. When you can't take any more of what they're… — Black Veil Brides Copy Share Image
We must respect the work we do. A slipshod method never pays- It may get by, but in our minds It makes… — Rebecca McCann Copy Share Image
“The counselor says that with more time and more surgeries, I will begin to feel normal again. She says this with a… — Rasmenia Massoud Copy Share Image
How right that the body changed over time, becoming a gallery of scars, a canvas of experience, a testament to life and… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Scars exist to show that I existed. I myself don’t have any scars, but every single one of my friends has a… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“The fascination Fred and George show at Harry's scar corresponds to the need of that other twin, Thomas, to see 'the mark… — Luke Bell Copy Share Image
“Being stitched was evidence of a mending, an overcoming of pain. Our scars were proof that we were strong enough to keep… — Devon Monk Copy Share Image
Do not forget: seek to win all your battles, including those you fight against yourself. Do not fear the scars. Do not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“My skin, my breasts, my womanhood- they come with a history of enduring strength. They come with a history of sacrifice and… — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
And you haven’t been betrayed yet, Nick. You don’t know what that’s like. What it does to you. The scars it leaves… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Because I have the scar, people are like, "Who did you play in the film?," and I tell them, "The girl with… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
(...) We are made to bleed. And scab and heal and bleed again, and turn every scar into a joke. We are… — Ani Difranco Copy Share Image
