“Nobody can judge an internal injury by the size of the superficial wound.”
“Nobody can judge an internal injury," he had said, "by the size of the superficial wound, of the hole.”
“You can't judge an internal injury by the size of the hole.”
“There are some kinds of wounds you can get, internal injuries. You don't know what's wrong with you, but you're bleeding to death slowly inside.”
“That there are wounds time does not heal, though it can reduce them to a manageable size.”
“Cleaning requires an attention to detail and a concern for the superficial that women are both pressured to internalize and then despised for possessing.”