“If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny scar at the upper left corner of her lip from which protrudes one grey whisker—you will make up the rest of her face with absolute clarity. If I tell you my character is waiting in a car, you won’t be ‘caught,’ but if I tell you he pushes his fingers down in the crack of the car seat where the ancient leather has pulled away from the seat frame, and pulls up a small coin purse with a faded note in it—you will be mine.” IfsCharacterFacesLeftWaitingCarMinesHairAbsolutesNotesFingersLipsAncientCaughtCornersTinyClaritySeatsCracksScarGreyCoinsLeatherPursesFadedPull UpsWhiskersGrey Hair Book:Writing Alone and with Others Source: Writing Alone and with Others
“I support all people on earth who have bodies like and unlike my body, skins and moles and old scars, secret and public hair, crooked toes. I support those who have done nothing large.” PeopleDoneBodyEarthSecretCompassionSupportHairSkinsHumanismScarToesCrookedMoles Book:Red Suitcase: Poems Source: Red Suitcase: Poems
“I got a tooth bust by somebody who decided they didn't like me and I thought the moustache hid a scar on my lip. It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.” PeopleHairDecidedLipsBritishTeethLike MeScarAppreciatedFacialMoustacheFacial HairNot Appreciated Author:Bob Ainsworth
“Warner Brothers had to hire [a stunt double] and no one thought a child could do this. Billy Friedkin came to me before we were filming [The Exorcist] and said "if you do not do all of this film, the film will be a joke." It's why they stripped the makeup down to the bare minimum, a piece on my chin, piece across my mouth that disfigured my mouth. You have scars here. Take away my eyebrows. It was my real hair. Shampoo was put in it that dried.” IfsChildrenSaidRealFilmPiecesBrotherHairJokesMouthsMakeupScarMinimumEyebrowsChinsShampooExorcistWarner BrothersReal Hair Author:Linda Blair
“I have a scar on my forehead and the bangs were an attempt to cover that. Life sort of pushed a hair change on me, which has actually been really fun to play with. It does add a little bit of maintenance, but I have a teeny-tiny flat iron that I bought on Amazon for $20 and that has been my lifesaver. Even if all I do to get out the door is flat iron my bangs, I feel like I'm good to go.” IfsFeelsLittlesDoeHas BeensPlayFunBitsDoorsHairLittle BitAddTinyIronFlatsScarBangsForeheadsMaintenanceAmazon Author:Danielle Panabaker
“There is a charge For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge For the hearing of my heart - It really goes. And there is a charge, a very large charge, For a word or a touch Or a bit of blood Or a piece of my hair or my clothes.” HeartBitsPiecesBloodHairMy HeartClothesHearingScar Book:Ariel: The Restored Edition Source: Ariel: The Restored Edition
“Boys are just boys after all, but sometimes girls really seem to be the turn of a pale wrist, or the sudden jut of a hip, or a clutch of very dark hair falling across a freckled forehead. I'm not saying that's what they really are. I'm just saying sometimes it seems that way, and that those details (a thigh mole, a full face flush, a scar the precise shape and size of a cashew nut) are so many hooks waiting to land you.” WaySometimesSeemsFacesTurnsFallGirlWaitingDarkBoysLandHairShapesSizeDetailsHipsNutsScarPalePreciseHookForeheadsWristsThighsJust SayingClutchMolesDark HairCashews Author:Zadie Smith
“Scar tissue has no character. It's not like skin. It doesn't show age or illness or pallor or tan. It has no pores, no hair, no wrinkles. It's like a slip cover. It shields and disguises what's beneath. That's why we grow it; we have something to hide.” CharacterShowsAgeGrowsHairSkinsIllnessScarSlipsDisguiseShieldsWrinklesInterruptedTissuesGirl InterruptedScar Tissue Author:Susanna Kaysen
“I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.” PeopleHumansHandsCertainHairMarkPermanentColourTouchingScarTexture Author:J. D. Salinger