#wounds

But the memory of war weighs undiminished upon the people's minds. That is because deeper than material wounds, moral wounds are smarting, inflicted by the so- called peace treaties. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#called #deeper #inflicted #material #memory

The tears we've cried, this love has died your by yourself here tonightIt' what we hide, with every lie, your by yourself, WE STITCH THESE WOUNDS!!! ↗

— the black veil brides

#love

His eyes betrayed a terrible truth about him, that his heart lay still in his chest, dead to the world from a tortuous 'goodbye' that he could never permanently forget. Though there did not exist a drink strong enough to repair such wounds, one did allow him to forget; if only for a night.. And so he drank whiskey. ↗

— Brian Patrick Gleason

#eyes #forgetting #love #lovers #sadness

Those who are wounded wound others. Moses was wounded profoundly when he lost his birth family, his heritage, and his history. In the years to come, he would come to know Jehovah-rophe, the Healer of life’s sicknesses and sorrows. Exodus 15: 26b says, “…for I am the Lord, who heals you.” (from Under His Wings: Healing Truth for Adoptees of All Ages) ↗

— Beth Willis Miller

#healing #wounds #age

I’d have much rather gotten dragged into someone else’s fight than face what was waiting for me. Other people’s emotional pain, no matter how painful, is so much less painful than your own. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#dreams

Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#grief #heartache #hurt #injury #lick-your-wounds

Memorial bracelets memorializing prisoners of war, missing in action, killed in action, and those who died of wounds or injuries sustained in a combat theater are authorized. ↗

— James F. Amos

#authorized #combat #died #injuries #killed

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin. ↗

— Tori Amos

#analyze #begin #bleeding #cleansing #crawl

As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#between #course #criminal #enters #europe

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#done #every #every heart #every nation #heal