“But loneliness doesn't leave bruises or scars. At least not the kind you can see.”
“What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar.”
“Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.”
“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.”
“Your truth may not look like mine, but that is not what matters. What matters is this: You can look at a scar and see hurt, or you can look at a scar and see healing.”
“Bruises heal more quickly than emotional scars do.”