Family Quote by Abraham Verghese

“Where there are wounds, ties of blood form bridges of scar tissue, leaving later generations the option and delight of clambering over the rough…

— Jean Naggar

According to Shiva, life is in the end about fixing holes. Shiva didn't speak in metaphors. fixing holes is precisely what he did. Still,…

— Abraham Verghese

“the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.…

— Paula Hawkins

“Centuries-old wounds are still raw because they never healed right in the first place. Here is the essential truth. We are better together than…

— Mitch Landrieu

“Time doesn't heal the wounds; it masks them. It takes them and makes them something else. Some scars always remain. Some wounds always remain…

— Joann Buchanan

“You can't expect children to sew their own gaping wounds without leaving a terrible scar.”

— Jamie Ford

“Here's another thing: There are certain wounds that never heal, certain hurts that never leave you alone, like a broken bone that heals wrong…

— Robert Goolrick

“I want you to learn that if you don't keep picking at old wounds, over time they will eventually heal. Oh sure, sometimes they…

— K. Martin Beckner

“After life is bent, torn, exploded, there are shattered pieces that do not heal for years, if at all. What is left are scars…

— Anthony Shadid

“Always one of the trials of a new wound: old wounds like to rise up and start hurting again, too.”

— Kristin Cashore

“Of course, the morning, every morning, was full of such incidents. That was family life. They were all able to get through the day…

— Christina Stead

“We could all spend a lifetime unraveling the knots of our childhood, but at some point you realize the knots are no longer yours.…

— Sussanah Conway