Disfigured Quotes

“It is not a shame to be rocked on the waves of our dreams sometime, and roam around in our memories, stirring new emotions. Memories can be a balm for demolished expectations or disfigured reality.( "Knowing someone is waiting for us" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“I see a man," she said softly. "A man with the roar of cannons still ringing in his ears. A man bloodied by life, but not beaten. A man with a scar that draws his mouth into a frown when he might actually long to smile.”
― Teresa Medeiros, Yours Until Dawn

“I marched along the familiar paths, hoping a fast stride would keep me warm. Part of me was enjoying the peaceful scenery while the other part pondered my newly altered circumstances. I never wallow in self-pity, for there is nothing to be gained by such indulgences, but I confess to feeling just a bit irritated.
“If only I’d had the good fortune to be a widow!” I muttered to myself crossly, kicking at a pebble in my path. Instead of a divorcée, that is to say. Quelle différence! My present circumstances would be much improved by my having lost my husband in some war, rather than by the shocking action of booting him from my life. It isn’t fair, but there we are.”
― Wendy Coles-Littlepage, Disfigured

“The contrast between the glorious sight in front of me and the deep, jagged scars on his face is so stark, so jarring, that for a moment, my mind struggles to reconcile the two. The world has just shown me something pure, beautiful, perfect—and now, here is the opposite. Burned. Ruined. Imperfect.”
― Alma Brooke, Four of a Kind