“Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They are not like aches or wounds; they are more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there is not enough material.”
"Babylon Revisited"
Quoted, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)
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F. Scott Fitzgerald 411
American novelist and screenwriter 1896–1940Related quotes

“But shame is like a wound that is never exposed and therefore never heals.”
Source: The Carpet Makers

“Wounds are like water set to boil – they heal best left unwatched…”

“If i'm going to survive, it won't be because i have a lion-skin cloak. I'm not Hercules.”
Source: The Titan's Curse

"Doll Parts"
Song lyrics, Live Through This (1994)

Part of Me
Lyrics, Miscellaneous

“Heal the Wound, Cure the illness, but let the Dying spirit go”
Source: Earthsea Books, A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), Chapter 5