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War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. G.K. Chesterton I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. Wallace Stegner, The Spectator Bird

In a perverse way, I was glad for the stitches, glad it would show, that there would be scars. What was the point in just being hurt on the inside? It should bloody well show. Janet Fitch

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. Leonard Cohen, The Favorite Game

The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars. Bertolt Brecht

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran The marks humans leave are too often scars. John Green, The Fault in Our Stars