95 Quotes About Wounded

That sassy low classy, but dress real cheap-fly-n-fancy, with a chip on her shoulder -- she's just a bitterly wounded dove, wanting to be sieged by love.

A woman will endure many wounds in her lifetime, but the betrayal of a friend is one of the most difficult to overcome.

Chiron reminds us that only through recognising and accepting our inner wounds can we find true healing.

I think everyone is wounded in their sex,” I said. “I can’t think of one person who isn’t.

...rarely do the 'significant events' in our lives change us. At least, not in any way we want. The people who suffer tragedy and go on to greatness? They're the stuff of movies and TV shows and books, and--only very rarely--real life. Most of us just go on, the walking wounded, dealing with our lives. This doesn't make us bad--it just means we're not superheroes. It means we're just people, like everyone else.

As a doctor I constantly have to ask myself what kind of message the patient is bringing me. What does he mean to me? If he means nothing, I have no point of attack. The doctor is effective only when he himself is affected. 'Only the wounded physician heals.' But when the doctor wears his personality like a coat of armor, he has no effect.

My wounds became my spectacles, helping me to see what I encounter with empathy, and with a grateful sense of privilege.

To see a place as orphaned or wounded is also to reexamine the meaning of living and dying and to allow some curiosity and even a sense of marvel to emerge about the tactics things employ to persevere.

I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation.