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• Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

  Leonard Cohen

  Love, Children, Heart

  Leonard Cohen (2011). “The Favourite Game”, p.10, Emblem Editions

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• A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

  Carly Simon

  Strong Women, War, Being A Strong Woman

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• It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Heartbreak, Betrayal, Passion

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• A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

  Chris Cleave

  Mean, Dying, Doe

  Chris Cleave (2010). “Little Bee: A Novel”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.

  Angelina Jolie

  Hate, Thinking, Flaws

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• It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

  Garrison Keillor

  Inspirational, Life, Adversity

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• I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.

  Angelina Jolie

  Inspiration, Humor, Flaws

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• Let our scars fall in love.

  Galway Kinnell

  Falling In Love, Fall, Hmm

  Galway Kinnell (1973). “The Book of Nightmares”, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Taken, Mind, Skins

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• Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.

  Galway Kinnell

  Falling In Love, Self, Mind

  Galway Kinnell (1973). “The Book of Nightmares”, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

  Henry Rollins

  Life, Stay Strong, Moving

  Henry Rollins (1992). “Art to choke hearts ; & Pissing in the gene pool: collected writing 1985-1987”, 2 13 61

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• That one man scorned and covered with scars
  Still strove with his last ounce of courage
  To reach the unreachable star.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Courage, Stars

  "Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes". "Man of La Mancha", 1965.

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• In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

  John Turturro

  Character, Scary, Firsts

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• Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

  Aisha Tyler

  Wounds And Scars, Tough, Human Experience

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• I just don't want to die without a few scars.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Bravery, Want, Fight Club Book

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.48, Random House

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• I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

  Angelina Jolie

  Sexy, Crazy, Mistake

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• I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.

  Angela Carter

  Angel, Thinking, Culture

  "The Company of Angela Carter". "Marxism Today" Magazine, January 1985.

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• I don't want to die without any scars.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Life, Death, Want

  Read Mercer Schuchardt, Chuck Palahniuk (2008). “You do not talk about Fight Club: I am Jack's completely unauthorized essay collection”, Benbella Books

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• You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.

  Cate Blanchett

  Children, Barbie Dolls, Scary

  "11 Amazing Quotes From Cate Blanchett". Marie Claire, November 13, 2014.

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• Indeed, your scars may be your greatest ministry. Just as the scars of Jesus convinced Thomas, perhaps your scars will convince someone today.

  Adrian Rogers

  Christian, Jesus, Ministry

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• Scars are but evidence of life.

  Marcia Lynn McClure

  Get Well, Evidence

  Marcia Lynn McClure (2012). “The Whispered Kiss”, p.127, Distractions Ink

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• Scars are the price which every believer pays for his loyalty to Christ.

  William Hendriksen

  Christian, Loyalty, Pay

  William Hendriksen (1953). “New Testament Commentary: 1-2 Thessalonians”

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• Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

  Joe Cocker

  Thinking, Idols, Scary

  "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Beautiful, Depressing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.54, BookBaby

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• The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story.

  Stephen Sommers

  Humor, Scary, Stories

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