“Skin had hope, that's what skin does. Heals over the scarred place, makes a road.”
“The damage was permanent; there would always be scars. But even the angriest scars faded over time until it was difficult to see them written on the skin at all, and the only thing that remained was the memory of how painful it had been.”
“Forensics had taught her that scars left tissue much tougher than skin.”
“Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.”
“Men and women are not limited by the place of their birth, not by color of their skin, but by the size of their hope.”
“Do you know what happens to scar tissue? it's the stongest part of the skin.”