Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
Source: The Favourite Game, bk. 1, ch. 1 (1963).
-- Leonard Cohen, (Sep 21 1934-2016), Canadian singer, songwriter; His songs include Death of a Ladies' Man, Bird on a Wire, 1969 and Beautiful Losers, 1966.