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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...more

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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.

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I always hated when my scars started to fade, because as long as I could still see them, I knew why I was hurting.

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

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Scars are just a treasure map for pain you've buried too deep to remember.

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I learn from my own daughter that you don’t have to be awake to cry.

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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’...more

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It turned out people truly did cry into their coffee cups.

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Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting.