“A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever”
Jessamyn West
“Humor is tragedy plus time”
Mark Twain
“O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!”
Sir Walter Scott
“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 F. Kennedy
“These words are razors to my wounded heart.”
William Shakespeare
“The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.”
Publilius Syrus
“The wounds are in the process of healing, ... They have not healed, but there are isolated moments where you can note progress here on this hill.”
Cecil Murray