“Wounds are like water set to boil – they heal best left unwatched…”
Gabrielle Zevin (1977) American writer
“Healing wasn’t always the best thing. Sometimes a hole was better left open. Sometimes it healed too thick and too well and left separate pieces fused and incompetent. And it was harder to reopen after that.”
— Ann Brashares, book The Last Summer
Source: The Last Summer
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