Wounds Quotes
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We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.
Etty Hillesum -
'Look Daughter, and learn how to love' and He showed me His five open wounds.
Gemma Galgani
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What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.
David Sobel -
I am in awe of the perpetual tumult of the sea. I am moved by the still place on the horizon where the sky begins. I am stirred by the soaring and dipping fields that make the landscape into a rumpled green counterpane. I thought I would never have such powerful feelings again. I thought I would live through the rest of my life having experiences, and thoughts, but I never thought I would again feel deeply-- I was convinced that my wounds had healed and become thick scars, essentially numb.
Katharine Weber -
My love runs deeper than the wounds.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
The only truly intersting side of the matter was the intimate design of the injury, the fact that it was so penetrating, custom-made exactly to your measure. It's fascinating that hatred should be so personal as to be almost loving. The knife and the wound aching for each other.
Saul Bellow -
Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
Willie Stargell -
There was no splatter or droplets of blood which can happen with gunshot wounds.
Brad Williams
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Their silent wounds have speech More eloquent than men; Their tones can deeper reach Than human voice or pen.
William Robert Woodman -
An artist works through exposed wounds.
Dennis Oppenheim -
Under the olive trees, from the ground Grows this flower, which is a wound. It is easier to ignore Than the heroes' sunset fire Of death plunged in their willed desire Raging with flags on the world's shore.
Stephen Spender -
Lighter is the wound foreseen.
Cato the Elder -
He who loves his neighbor burns his heart, and the heart, like green wood, groans when it burns, and distills itself in tears. There is no point in taking opium; it is better to put salt and vinegar in the soul's wound, for if you fall asleep and no longer feel the pain, then you no longer exist. And the point is to exist.
Miguel de Unamuno -
The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.
Isobelle Carmody
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The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
Miguel de Cervantes -
Physical wounds heal, but those on the soul are difficult to heal.
Asghar Ali Engineer -
As for those whose role it is to love us – I mean, relatives and in-laws – It's a different tune. They find the right word, but it's usually the one that wounds.
Albert Camus -
One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.
Lois McMaster -
No deeper wrinkles yet? Hath sorrow struck So many blows upon this face of mine And made no deeper wounds?
William Shakespeare -
The scars remain and the wounds are still deep.
Alex Salmond
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They've kicked our backsides, we've got to lick our wounds...
Stephen Bruce -
Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces – and as it gets older and stronger, it will tear deeper – love her, love her, love her!
Charles Dickens -
Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
Adeline Yen Mah -
Such wounds to the heart will probably never heal. But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.
Haruki Murakami