My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted...

On the girl’s brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and moons on your dress? I thought that would be...

They each had scars to deal with. Scars of a different kind, but scars nonetheless. If he could say something–anything–to make a difference, he’d do it, but there simply wasn’t anything left to say. The...

Markings in dry clay disappearOnly when the clay is soft again.Scars upon the self disappearOnly when one becomes soft within.

Some people grow up with issues because they did not have their parents around growing up, many others have issues because their parents were around growing up

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

I just don’t want to die without a few scars.

The marks humans leave are too often scars.

…the wounds of the past and the scars of the present don’t disfigure me in your eyes – because you know the price I pay for loving you …

wordslike mysterious mermaids come and live permanentlyin the soft sweepsand scars of my skin.

Our scars make us who we are. Some scars are just deeper than others.

Blue-Eyed One, never again shall you cover your shoulders. I declare your scars to be medals of gallantry great than any I could bestow, and it is my will that all the Black Land look...

The Detective was different. Not that he wasn’t a good man; Willie had heard enough about him to understand that he was the kind who didn’t like to turn away from another’s pain, the kind...

A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces. They tear things down and make new again.

You don’t know how shallow you are, or how narcissistic, until you find yourself in danger of acquiring a facial scar.”On the plus side, it’s so situated as potentially to make me look tough and...

Some of the imperfections will be visible, but this house has been here a long time. I see no reason to cover up the dings and scars. We’ve all got ’em.

The door slams in response, and I laugh. I’m glad she can laugh. It means she really is coping. I know she’s internalizing a lot, though. Putting on a show for me. She’ll have new...

To show you all my scars, is not to tell you that this Dunya would always leave you wounded, and bruised, and on knees, but to show you that see, healing is always possible. Healing...

Time does not heal wounds. It’s a body’s ritual that does. The instinctual cleansing with rain or other waters, the application of salves. Despite the sting. Even neglected, the body begins to take care. To...

Injuries heal, but wrinkles are the scars of time.

That was seven years ago. The doctors told her father the memory would fade, like the big messy scar on her arm, but neither ever did.

Your erotic,A memoir of pleasure.Caress the streets as through they held the touch of mink,Leaving only trails of stardust.Your eyes could Pierce hearts, leaving eternal scars of that moment,Moments so bittersweet they linger upon the...

I was girly and friendly and my family life was happy but many days I felt like I was on the inside what Chase was on the outside. I always believed I was a happy...

I said I’m selfish, I’m a liar and I’m brokenShit runs through my head every day that I would never tell anyoneYou’re just like meThe only difference is that I’m honest enough to scream my...

They said the doctors could tell from the scars.””Stop.””Scars can tell you how old the wound is.””Stop.””When I stopped going to school, they came and found me. They found me in the closet.””Sarah.

I didn’t know what kind of creature I was supposed to be until I woke on a hospital cot and was informed I had died. Nobody ever told me what I was. I figured I...

Scars are an affirmation of living.

Maybe I should find another doctor; one who realizes the importance of scars.

Words! What power they hold. Once they have rooted in your psyche, it is difficult to escape them. Words can shape the future of a child and destroy the existence of an adult.Words are powerful....

Don’t be afraid of suffering. Often scars are the medals of success.

—except for the fact that your scars mean you’ve been hurting, I am one-hundred-percent cool with having them in the painting. Some models, especially the professional ones, it’s like painting air-brushed people. Give me something...

The things you let go will someday teach you how to fly.

It just happens that a lot of us have been through too much that is even too less than our age..and what happens is we cannot but remember it and all we think about is...

Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering...

Most scars are invisible. Damn transparent knives. Does anything cut deeper than love? I need to get some new body armor.

Here’s the thing about Hazel: Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. That’s what bothers me most,...

If I could take away his pain… If there was a way to transfer it from his soul onto mine. I would take it. Without hesitation I would take it all. Maybe that’s how you...

I spend my nights thinking the worstAnd telling myself that everything’s going to work outI keep kicking myself in the mouthOpening up every cut that should be a scar by now

You’ll always be the deepest scar on my heart.

Faith is about going through hell, coming out with some scars, and becoming a wiser person from the lessons you’ve learned along the way. You must take the scars of your past and appreciate them...

The body is an organ of memory, holding traces of all our experiences. The land, too, carries the burden of all its changes. To truly see and understand a landscape is to see its depth...

Hate isn’t the opposite of love, apathy is. Hating doesn’t free you from feeling anything. You have to carry it around, using every scar, every little memory like a building block. Like a stone in...

I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I’d ever known.

I’m an artist; I do not destroy, but create scars. And above that, I am an inventor of new ways to create them.

The scar on my chest, the beating of my heart, and the mountains that fostered my appreciation for the cold, hard, natural world—these were the few things that mattered.

Your eyes see me in ways the mirror never could.

Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever.

Beyond all of that, I could see the wall I had seen from inside the train, the wall that runs along the train line. I assumed that there, behind it, was the west, and I...

Scars exist to show that I existed. I myself don’t have any scars, but every single one of my friends has a healed up knife wound deep in their back.

Pain whispersthrough silent wordsentombed in scarsshyly palpablein fleeting glimpsesbriefly allowed