The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Brecht uses natural laws and physical wounds to show how pain changes form over time.
- In plain terms
- Pain stops being sharp but leaves a mark.
- What can you take from it?
- Scars remain after the pain fades.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does a scar hurt more than the wound?
- What does time do to pain?
Another view
Not all scars hurt emotionally.
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