“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”
– Rose Kennedy (via observando)
“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
– Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient (via observando)