“I do believe you have a wound too. I do believe it is both specific to you and common to everyone. I do believe it is the thing about you that must be hidden and protected, it is the thing that must be tap danced over five shows a day, it is the thing that won't be interesting to other people if revealed. It is the thing that makes you weak and pathetic. It is the thing that truly, truly, truly makes loving you impossible. It is your secret, even from yourself. But it is the thing that wants to live.” PeopleIfsWantBelieveShowsInterestingCommonSecretFiveImpossibleWeakWoundsProtectedPatheticLoving You Author:Charlie Kaufman
“Old secrets are like old wounds; they fester.” SecretWoundsOld Wounds Book:The Lucifer Gospel Source: The Lucifer Gospel
“[On speaking of family secrets:] I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air.” KnowsSecretFamilyKnow HowAirWoundsHeal Author:Barbara Neely
“This is the heritage of Catholic education ... one which those who went to Catholic schools always recognize in each other, members of a secret society who, when they meet, huddle together, temporarily at truce with the rest of the world, while they cautiously, untrustingly, lick each other's wounds.” WorldSchoolTogetherSecretMembersCatholicWoundsHeritageSecret SocietyCatholic SchoolTruceCatholic Education Author:Sonia Orwell
“Wisdom disguises our wounds; it teaches us how to bleed in secret.” SecretTeachWoundsDisguise Author:Emile M. Cioran