“The rain
Never falls upwards.
When the wound
Stops hurting
What hurts is
The scar.”

“The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.”

“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.”

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”

“Standing with freaks never hurt anyone - it’s when we agree that we deserve the oppression and the ridicule that accompanies the freak’s position in the culture - that’s when the wound is mortal.”

“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.”

“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.”

“I don't want to hurt myself. I want to stop hurting.”

“That is the way it is with a wound. The wound begins to close in on itself, to protect what is hurting so much. And once it is closed, you no longer see what is underneath, what started the pain.”

“Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.”