Albert-camus Quote by Albert Camus

“suffering unspeakable torture at the thought of leaving his picture as it was, disfigured by an ugly, gaping wound. (49)”

— Émile Zola

“Everything here is a small offense and not of value as art or confession. It is not a whim. It is an attempt to…

— Patti Smith

“for that which is a disgrace to human nature, throws something of a shade over all the human character, and each individual feels his…

— Thomas Paine

“I once felt shame for the scars upon my skin. Unknowingly ignorant to the beauty they possessed. Those scars tell a story that has…

— Danielle Luz Matias

“I suddenly see the world as no longer viable: you are out there burning the crops with some new sublimate This morning you left…

— Adrienne Rich

“It was the first time I saw the look on the face of the people I robbed: it was ugly. I was the cause…

— Jean Genet

“They mutilate they torment each other with silences with words as if they had another life to live they do so as if they…

— Tadeusz Rózewicz

“No ONE MENTIONS YOUR TEARS, SADNESS OR SLOW DEATH! BUT, WE FEEL YOUR FALLEN TEARS, YOUR BEHEADED BODIES, YOUR RAPED DIGNITY!”

— Widad Akrawi

“What? Look at my newly mutilated flesh? Screw you!”

— Julie Kenner

“I have a high art: I hurt with cruelty those who would wound me.”

— Archilochus of Paros

“The death of Nighteyes gutted me. I walked wounded through my life in the days that followed, unaware of just how mutilated I was.…

— Robin Hobb

“What cannot be seen: our crumpled childhoods, our scarred wrists, how we hated our bodies, how hard we tried, your needle marks? my envy.”

— Brigid Lowry