The bruises are vivid, but they will fade.

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

— Michael Barbarulo

“There's a foot of space and world of contrast between Cristina and me yet I too know how hard it is to peel back…

— Jodi Picoult

“These aren’t my scars, cuts, and bruises. These are my medals of honor.”

— Bryan Stevenson

Artists hold out the mirror to the bruises on the face of the world.

— Josef Skvorecky

Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.

— George Herbert

Bruises will heal, But scars will always leave a mark

— Nichole Parisian

Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

— Lady Gaga

I've taken my bumps and bruises, but you've got to be willing to get knocked down and pick yourself up. You can't get discouraged.…

— Jermaine O'Neal

“Such a nasty bruise,” he says, staring straight into my eyes. I am stunned he can see it. Delicate to the touch and tender…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“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

When I am assailed with heavy tribulations, I rush out among my pigs rather than remain alone by myself. The human heart is like…

— Martin Luther