Bruises Fade Quotes

#1. Because that saying about sticks and stones is a pack of lies. Unkind words hurt more than anything else. You end up carrying them around in your head, wondering if they're true. Bruises fade, but self-doubt follows you forever.

Kate Lattey

#2. Bruises fade and bones heal, but a scorched heart may take years to mend.

Karen Ehman

#3. Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same. And I still remember how you kept me so afraid.

Christina Aguilera

#4. Sometimes, Chase ... it's the emotional wounds that hurt the most." I pushed back the anger and sighed. "I'd rather he beat me. Cuts heal, bruises fade - but broken hearts? They carry scars for a lifetime.

Rachel Van Dyken

#5. Bruises fade. Blood dries. Scabs heal.

E.K. Blair

#6. I struggle to keep my hard, expressionless mask in place. The doctor's most powerful weapon has always been his particular brand of brutal honesty. Bruises fade, but words like that fester.

Cristin Terrill

#7. The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.

Nicole Krauss

#8. Bruises fade. Death is permanent.

JoAnn Ross

#9. You didn't hurt me, babe," he said. "You marked me. Big difference. That night was the most important thing that's ever happened in my life. Holding you, catching Noah - it changed me forever. I didn't want to forget. So when the bruises started to fade, I went and got them inked, so I couldn't.

Joanna Wylde

#10. There followed a time when everything was dull. The things that had meant something lost importance, though they were still there, like bruises on the body that fade to hard lumps under the skin.

Tracy Chevalier

#11. We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.

Pope John Paul II

#12. Accidental sex. He made it sound like I fell down, and there just happened to be an erection in the way.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#13. Life is an adventure," Karen's mother used to tell her, "so be sure you experience it when it happens." It was one of Grace Tyler's favorites, one of several rules in her "Mom" arsenal, along with the ones about always having umbrellas and clean underwear and quarters for the pay phone.

Tom Savage

#14. Treat reluctance like seasickness," Errol said, picking something off his sleeve. "If you feel it, focus on the horizon.

Daniel Handler

#15. The medical implant industry needs to decide if wireless radio frequency (RF) radiation is more important than life saving medical devices, as it is clear that the two are incompatible.

Steven Magee

#16. There are two paths here on deeper level... at the first it to doubt... the second is to get confused....

Deyth Banger

#17. Do you chase dreams, or do you actually catch them?

Noelle August

#18. I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first made it. The biggest thing I learnt was that you have to be pro-active. You can't be scared.

Marina And The Diamonds

#19. Sugar ain't spoiled, she just a little bruised, is all. Bruises can heal and fade away to nothing.

Bernice L. McFadden

#20. I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it.

Jonny Lee Miller

#21. The bruises are vivid, but they will fade.

Laurie Halse Anderson

#22. There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.

Peter Capaldi