For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted. - The Wretched of the Earth.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

It appears that an inmate inflicted the wounds with a home-made knife.

It's painful, but we can't heal ourselves unless we cleanse the wounds.

to heal
you have to
get to the root
of the wound
and kiss it all the way up