Ann Aguirre Bears Quotations

I shake my head, but I can’t change this. I can only bear the scars, as I have always done, as I ever do.

He would bear scars because of me, as I carried them for him.

Through the damp fabric of my coverall, bundled in my blanket, I feel naked. Raw. He sees more than I want, more than I can bear. It’s like standing before him ... while he stares at my scars, pitiless and unmoved.

Sometimes it felt as if all happiness came at a price. You could never, ever, have perfection. Life gave you beauty so you could bear the pain.