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• "I am already married," she remarks to the empty air, twisting the ring on her right hand that covers an sold, distinctive scar.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Air, Hands, Married

  "The Night Circus". Book by Erin Morgenstern, September 13, 2011.

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• Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War. Many of these men never came home; many others returned bearing emotional and physical scars that would stay with them for the rest of their lives. I come away from this book with the deepest appreciation for what these men endured, and what they scarified, for the good of humanity. It is to them that this book {Unbroken} is dedicated.

  Laura Hillenbrand

  Appreciation, War, Book

  Laura Hillenbrand (2014). “Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive”, p.299, Delacorte Press

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• Now I just have these reddish scars there. I guess I always will, although Goody says they’ll fade over time. I don’t know if I want them to fade. That probably sounds totally freaky, but part of me doesn’t want to forget what it felt like, even though it hurt. If I forget about the pain, I might also forget that it was a really stupid idea to do it in the first place.

  Michael Thomas Ford

  Hurt, Pain, Stupid

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• Loss of empathy might well be the most enduring and deep-cutting scar of all, the silent blade of an unseen emey, tearing at our hearts and stealing more than our strength- Drizzt Do'Urden

  R. A. Salvatore

  Heart, Cutting, Loss

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• Color fills her cheeks, and I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Except now I think that she isn't just beautiful in spite of the scar, she's somehow beautiful with it, like Lynn with her buzzed hair, like Tobias with the memories of his father's cruelty that he wears like armor, like my mother in her plain gray clothing.

  Veronica Roth

  Beautiful, Mother, Memories

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• He only wishes there were something that would heal the scars in his mind, which he can still feel. He sees his mind now as an archipelago of islands that he labors to build bridges between - and while he's had great success engineering the most spectacular of bridges, he suspects there are some islands that he'll never reach.

  Neal Shusterman

  Islands, Engineering, Bridges

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; UnStrung: an Unwind story; UnWholly”, p.739, Simon and Schuster

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• Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration, it almost always leaves a scar.

  Philip Sington

  Heart, Desire, Duration

  Philip Sington (2012). “The Valley of Unknowing”, p.62, Random House

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• High School. Society’s bright idea to put all their aggressive, naive youth into one environment to torment and emotionally scar each other for life.

  Chris Colfer

  School, Ideas, Youth

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• If life is a battle, then my inner scars are medals for valor, for swiftness, for courage, for passion. Evil is the dark-haired brother of Good; they walk hand in hand—always.

  Storm Constantine

  Brother, Passion, Dark

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• Somehow the pain, the losses, the hurt, the bad, God is able to transform these into something they could have never been, icons and monuments of grace and love. It is the deep mystery how wounds and scars can become precious, or a ravaging and terrifying cross the essential symbol of relentless affection.” “Is it worth it?” whispered Tony. “Wrong question, son. There is no ‘it.’ The question is and has always been, ‘Are you worth it?’ and the answer is and always, ‘Yes!’

  William P. Young

  Hurt, Pain, Son

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• But then Mason touches my neck, to the spot on it where the cut from that night has since healed, and I pull away. He was right, after all; it didn't leave a scar, though part of me wishes it had. At least I'd have some evidence, some justification of this permanence. Stains are even worse when you're the only one who can see them.

  Gayle Forman

  Cutting, Night, Wish

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• Then said he, ’I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.’.... So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.

  John Bunyan

  Father, Skills, Giving

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2 (Mr Valiant-for-Truth)

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• Only people who have been discriminated against can really know how much it hurts. Each person feels the pain in his own way, each has his own scars. So I think I'm as concerned about fairness and justice as anybody. But what disgusts me even more are people who have no imagination. The kind T. S. Elliot calls 'hollow men'. People who fill up that lack of imagination with heartless bits of straw, not even aware of what they're doing. Callous people who throw a lot of empty words at you, trying to force you to do what you don't want to.

  Haruki Murakami

  Hurt, Pain, Men

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• I didn’t want the person standing there, beside the bed, to have the same face I’d found so attractive at the airport. But you were there all right: the blue eyes, blondish hair, and tiny scar. Only you didn’t look beautiful this time. Just evil.

  Lucy Christopher

  Beautiful, Eye, Airports

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.15, Scholastic Inc.

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• Lie beside me. Let me see the division of your pores. Let me see the web of scars made by your family's claws and you their furniture. Let me see the wounds that they denied. The battle ground of family life that has been your body. Let me see the bruised red lines that signal their encampment. Let me see the routed place where they are gone. Lie beside me and let the seeing be healing. No need to hide. No need for either darkness or light. Let me see you as you are.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Lying, Healing, Light

  Jeanette Winterson (1995). “Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd”, Knopf

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• Life might hurt, might bruise, might forever scar, but it was for living.

  Nalini Singh

  Hurt, Forever, Bruises

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Tangle of Need: A Psy-Changeling Novel”, p.222, Penguin

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• Only fools pity survivors their scars and you should never kowtow to fools

  Jeaniene Frost

  Survivor, Fool, Pity

  Jeaniene Frost (2013). “Twice Tempted: A Night Prince Novel”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• That was the dirty secret associated with her past. Not that she'd been abused but that somehow she felt that she deserved it because she'd let it happen. Even now, it shamed her, and there were times when she felt hideously ugly, as though the scars that had been left behind were visible to everyone.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Dirty, Past, Secret

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• And that's the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind.

  Dave Barry

  Travel, Memorable, Forever

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need”, p.53, Ballantine Books

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• Wrinkled, wrinkled little star... hope they never see the scars.

  Meryl Streep

  Stars, Littles

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• Before it was called Hillarycare - I mean, before it was called ObamaCare it was called Hillarycare because we took them on, and we weren't successful, but we kept fighting and we got the children's health insurance program. Every step along the way I have stood up, and fought, and have the scars to prove it.

  Hillary Clinton

  Children, Mean, Fighting

  "Transcript of the Democratic Presidential Debate". www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

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• Fiction is risky for writers also in that the process of making certain books, of shaping certain narratives, leaves scars and marks on your inner life.

  Chris Abani

  Book, Fiction, Narrative

  Interview with Peter Orner, therumpus.net. February 10, 2014.

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• The writers we absorb when we're young bind us to them, sometimes lightly, sometimes with iron. In time, the bonds fall away, but if you look very closely you can sometimes make out the pale white groove of a faded scar, or the telltale chalky red of old rust.

  Daniel Mendelsohn

  Fall, Iron, White

  "The American Boy". www.newyorker.com. January 7, 2013.

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• My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.

  Cheryl Rainfield

  Pain, Self Harm, Will To Survive

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• Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

  Michael Pitt

  Fun, Hard Work, Scary

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