Bruises fade. Death is permanent.

Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same. And I still remember how you kept me so afraid.

— Christina Aguilera

More than one philosopher has claimed that we ever remain children, far beneath the indurated layers that make up the armour of adulthood. Armour…

— Steven Erikson

The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.

— Nicole Krauss

“If you think too much about the ass-kicking your mom gave you, or the ass-kicking that life gave you, you’ll stop pushing the boundaries…

— Trevor Noah

“Death, so permanent for the dead, should be more than just an afternoon activity for the mourners.”

— Noah Hawley

and realized that death was not only a permanent probability, as he had always believed, but an immediate reality.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“No: that fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived with him, it had been another shadow cast over his own…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“I struggle to keep my hard, expressionless mask in place. The doctor's most powerful weapon has always been his particular brand of brutal honesty.…

— Cristin Terrill

Sneak peak of my song :) - '...open up those gorgeous eyes, don't you ever give up the fight. Forget the mirror it's full…

— Ray Sunshine

“My growing was definitely a series of adventures, followed by bumps, bruises, and many scoldings.”

— Cameron Dokey

Now it is autumn and the falling fruit and the long journey towards oblivion. The apples falling like great drops of dew to bruise…

— D. H. Lawrence

Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you…

— Dianne Feinstein

even those who call themselves 'intimate' know very little about each other - hardly ever know just how a sorrow is felt, and hurt…

— George Eliot

The Montana sunset lay between the mountains like a giant bruise from which darkened arteries spread across a poisoned sky.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Expect some bumps and bruises when your trying to be independent.”

— Michael Barbarulo