“Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.”

—  Rosa Parks

Last update Feb. 7, 2024. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again." by Rosa Parks?
Rosa Parks photo
Rosa Parks22
African-American civil rights activist 1913–2005

Related quotes

John Green photo

“At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.”

John Green book Looking for Alaska

Miles "Pudge" Halter, p. 7
Looking for Alaska (2005)

“There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.”

Harry Crews (1935–2012) Novelist, short story writer, essayist

Michael Chabon photo

“We have the idea that our hearts, once broken, scar over with an indestructible tissue that prevents their ever breaking again in quite the same place…”

Michael Chabon book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Source: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Jodi Picoult photo

“You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.”

Jodi Picoult book The Pact

Variant: The mind is a remarcable thing. Just because you can’t see the wound doesn’t mean it isn’t hurting
Source: The Pact

Chris Colfer photo

“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like a sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless ”

Chris Colfer (1990) actor, singer, book author

“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.”

Sheri Reynolds (1967) American writer

Source: A Gracious Plenty

Rachel Caine photo

“Don’t,” Michael said. It was soft, and it was a warning, through and through. “You try to hurt her again and I’ll pull your arm off.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Kiss of Death

Wendell Berry photo

“It is to be broken. It is to be
torn open. It is not to be
reached and come to rest in
ever. I turn against you,
I break from you, I turn to you.
We hurt, and are hurt,
and have each other for healing.
It is healing. It is never whole.”

Wendell Berry (1934) author

Source: The Collected Poems, 1957-1982

Stephen King photo

“But hardly anybody ever finds out that their actions really, actually, hurt other people! People don’t get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don’t stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it.”

Stephen King book Carrie

Source: Carrie

Charlaine Harris photo

“Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve dealt out? There’s no profit in it, no point to it, and you need sleep.”

Charlaine Harris Dead and Gone

Source: Dead and Gone

Related topics