Treatment originates outside you; healing comes from within.
—Andrew Weil
Her life was beginning to make sense again, although she couldn't say that she was enjoying it. But her mind was clear, and her heart was not constantly as heavy. Only when she thought about him. But she knew that in time, she'd survive it. She had done it before and would again. Eventually the heart repairs.
—Danielle Steel in Miracle
Part of getting over it is knowing you will never get over it.
—Anne Finger
Time healed, they said, but it wasn't true, or not completely. The first raw wound of loss had closed and silvered over, yes, but the scar it had left would never heal. It would always be there, aching and tender.
—Ruth Ware in The Death of Mrs. Westaway