Under her thick pancake makeup, her sin had been pockmarked, but he would stare at her adoringly from his cot at night and imagine her scars were constellations, a secret map to a far-off, happy place.

Sarah Addison Allen
About This Quote

Pancakes are a symbol of protection, beauty and healing. They are also a symbol of the home where the family gathers to eat pancakes. With this quote, I am making a connection between pancakes and the scars on her face. This idea is probably inspired by the old saying, “Pancakes make good skin.” It can be interpreted in a negative way that she is hiding her scars from the rest of the world but I see it in a positive way that she is hiding them from herself, or that she does not want to see them because they remind her of what she has been through.

Source: First Frost

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