“I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way. Let our scars fall in love.”— Andrew Boyd, dailyafflictions.com
“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”— George R. R. Martin, amazon.com
“You were hurt badly, and those scars will be with you for ever. I feel sorry for you, I really do. But think of it like this: it’s not too late to recover. You’re young, you’re tough. You’re adaptable. You can patch up your wounds, lift up your head and move on.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“If my scars were visible, people would gasp and look away since you didn't leave an inch unburnt.”— Leigh Greenthorn, instagram.com
“I want some kind of reminder that while wounds heal, they don’t disappear forever- I carry them everywhere, always, and that is the way of things, the way of scars.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“I have scars on my hands from touching certain people... Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.”— J. D. Salinger, amazon.com
“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”— Rose Kennedy, imdb.com
“Not everyone is okay with living like an open wound. But the thing about open wounds is that, well, you aren’t ignoring it, you’re healing. The fresh air can get to it. It’s honest. You aren’t hiding who you are. You aren’t rotting. People can give you advice on how to heal without scarring badly.”— Warsan Shire, goodreads.com
“You think that time heals and walls hide things, but it isn’t true. When things get that deep inside you, there isn’t anybody can change them.”— Federico García Lorca, amazon.com
“There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.”— Harry Crews, amazon.com