Quote by Iris Johansen

“...the poison was in the wound, and the wound remained ever open..”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Now, these were wounds I could have healed with a single thought. Just to feel pain, sometimes, was enough to cancel it.”

— Matt Haig

“She had learned over the years that there are wounds time does not heal, though it can reduce them to a manageable size.”

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“She knew this pain would fade again; like a sunburn, it would heal itself and leave her slightly more protected from the glare.”

— Kristin Hannah

“She realized the hurt from loss had never completely left. Instead, it had just scabbed over the hole hidden beneath the scar tissue.”

— Carla Reighard

“Something clamped tight inside her suddenly eased. He had been right. She did not have to grip her pain. She could let it go.…

— Robin Hobb

“part of her didn’t want her wounds to be healed. Not yet. She wasn’t ready. She still needed to kick against the hurt of…

— Erica James

“Closing up a wound that’s not ready will only poison the whole body. Wounds have to heal in their own time. They have to…

— Heather Burch

“pain was a tool. A way of restoring her equilibrium when her armor grew so constricting that it threatened to crush her.”

— Kit Rocha

“It was like a curse. He was her antidote. She was his poison.”

— Claire Merle

“She watches as the blood springs from the cut she's making, but it doesn't change anything. Not this time. She swipes again, deeper. Now…

— Julia Hoban

“Had he healed one wound only to open another?”

— Mary Balogh