“There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.”

“My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, “Things that are covered don’t heal well.” Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.”

“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.”

“But shame is like a wound that is never exposed and therefore never heals.”

“The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.”

“Such wounds to the heart will probably never heal. But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.”

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

“I believe that the artist is a wounded healer, that they are healing wounds of their own, and when they do that truthfully, they heal the audience.”

“And no matter what anybody says about grief and about time healing all wounds, the truth is, there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken.”

“Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”