“The wounds of the spirit heal and leave no scars.”
John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher
“The scar of fire, the dint of steel,
Are easier than Love's wounds to heal.”
Canto II
The Troubadour (1825)
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