I'm just sitting on a shelf

How right the body changed over time, becoming a gallery of scars, a canvas of experience, a testament to life, and one’s capacity to endure it.
— White Oleander
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
— Carly Simon
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
— Vincent Van Gogh
It takes an enormous amount of strength, courage, and energy to allow yourself to be a positive person. It takes virtually no energy at all to allow yourself to become the opposite.
— J.W. Collier