“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

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

“Just because you can't see them and you can't hear them, that doesn't mean they're not here.”

Graham Masterton (1946) British writer

Source: The Devil in Gray

“There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about them. You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because sometimes you get hurt.”

Jim Butcher Turn Coat

Source: Turn Coat

“But sometimes things happen that no one hopes for. Events that cause everything you've worked towards, the life you've carefully constructed piece by piece, to come tumbling down all around you. No one is to blame, but you're left with a wound you can't heal on your own and can't believe you'll ever learn to accept, so you struggle to escape the pain. Only time can heal wounds as deep as that - a lot of time - and all you can really do is place yourself in its hands and try to consider the passing of each day a victory. You tough it out moment by moment, hour by hour, and after some weeks or months you begin to see signs of recovery. Slowly the wound heals into a scar.”

Ryū Murakami book Audition

Source: Audition (1997), Chapter Three

“Time heals all wounds. And if it doesn't, you name them something other than wounds and agree to let them stay.”

Emma Forrest (1976) British journalist, novelist and screenwriter

Source: Your Voice in My Head

“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

“Time may heal wounds, but it does not erase the scars.”

Jane Yolen book Briar Rose

Source: Briar Rose (1992), Chapter 12 (p. 72)

“It has been said that time heals all wounds, I don't agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens, but is never gone.”

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890–1995) American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy

Variant: 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.

“Just because we fall and slip up at times, doesn't mean it should define who we are. We fail. We're humans. It's how we heal wounds that count.”

Keshia Chante (1988) Canadian actor and musician

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“Just because you start out as one thing, it doesn't mean you can't grow into something else.”

Jim Butcher book White Night

Source: White Night

“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.”

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