Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[In the Company of the Holy Mother, 348]
Source: Tender Is the Night
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[In the Company of the Holy Mother, 348]
“Nobody can judge an internal injury by the size of the superficial wound.”
Salman Rushdie book The Satanic Verses
Variant: You can't judge an internal injury by the size of the hole.
Source: The Satanic Verses
“The scars remain and the wounds are still deep.”
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Scottish Government's relationship with Europe (July 11, 2007)
“Knowledge is the plague of life, and consciousness, an open wound in its heart.”
Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist
On the Heights of Despair (1934)
“Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.”
Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains
Source: Narcissus in Chains
“Time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
A Jew Today (1978)
“The wounded recognized the wounded.”
Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer
Source: Rising Tides
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Hieres y volverás a herir. Porque hieres y te apartas. No acompañas a la herida.
Voces (1943)
“Here sits the Unicorn;
The wounds in his side
Still bleed”
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) American aviator and author
The Unicorn in Captivity (1955)