Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind a bruise. It passes unevenly, in strange lurches and dragging lulls, but pass it does. Even for me. Stephenie Meyer
Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though. Jeffrey Eugenides
A bruise to the ego hurts more than a break to the bone. Steve Maraboli
A bruise is how the body remembers it's been wronged. Jodi Picoult
To eat with a bruise. Tahitian Proverb
Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise. Chinese Proverb