"The damage was permanent; there would always be scars. But even the angriest scars faded over time until it was difficult to see them written on the s...

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There are kinds of pain that you can't speak out loud.

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"You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed.
"I always hated when my scars started to fade, because as long as I could still see them, I knew why I was hurting.
"Scars are just a treasure map for pain you've buried too deep to remember.
"It was easier for girls. They could say This hurts, or I don’t like how this feels, and have the complaint be socially acceptable. Boys, though, didn’...
"Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting.
"She sobbed the way she did everything else- with passion and excess.