China Miéville, The Scar

"In time, in time they tell me, I'll not feel so bad. I don't want time to heal me. There's a reason I'm like this.I want time to set me ugly and knotted with loss of you, marking me. I won't smooth you away.I can't say goodbye."

"Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole."