“The feeling of being 'lost' isn't what happens when you go off-path, it's when you forfeit control. It's what happens when you don't want to accept the course of events that have unfolded. Being found again is a matter of owning what happened to you and continuing to write the story.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Your soul knows what to do to heal itself; the challenge is just to let it.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Healing is really just letting yourself feel. It is unearthing your traumas and embarrassments and losses and allowing yourself the emotions that you could not have in the moment that you were having those experiences.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Healing kisses. There’s the kind that heals. Whether it rebuilds a relationship or silences a wound or reinforces an unwavering support, it adds brick after brick to your fortitude. As flesh sinks into flesh you can feel a rejuvenating surge of togetherness piece together what was once a hundred lit…”— Danielle Campoamor, thoughtcatalog.com
“I cannot pretend that I felt any regret, cause each broken heart will eventually mend.”— Death Cab for Cutie, play.spotify.com
“I wanna be the surgeon that cuts you open and fixes all of life's mistakes.”— Bright Eyes, play.spotify.com
“I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up to them. I also learned to forgive myself and correct my mistakes.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Healing from psychopathic abuse is a long journey. It is neither linear nor logical. You can expect to swing back and forth between stages, perhaps even inventing a few of your own along the way. It is unlike the traditional stages of grief, because you have not truly lost anything—instead, you have…”— Jackson MacKenzie, amazon.com
“We can own our agency in exploring our relationship patterns without resorting to victim-blaming. Healing from narcissistic abuse or a lifetime of trauma requires that we unravel both types of wounds layered upon each other – past and present.”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com
“Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“Maybe it would be better if we didn't love. If we didn't lose, either. If we didn't get out hearts stomped on, shattered; if we didn't have to patch and repatch it until we're like Frankenstein monsters, all sewn together by who knows what.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“Funny how time heals. Like that bullet in my ribs. It's there, I know it's there, but I can barely feel it at all anymore.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“This is what hatred is. It will feed you and at the same time turn you to rot.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“I wonder if this is how people always get close: They heal each other's wounds; they repair the broken skin.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“there’s nothing wrong with admitting you were once toxic. there’s nothing wrong with admitting you made a couple people feel like shit. there’s nothing wrong with admitting you fucked up and were horribly arrogant and parasitic. there’s nothing wrong with admitting you did anyone wrong, especially i…”— harzburgite, taashasayword.tumblr.com
“It’s time to forgive yourself for the people who walked away. For the ones who didn’t fight, for the ones who made you feel like you were not worthy of being loved the way you loved others. It’s time to forgive yourself for the way in which you trusted, the way in which you let them leave fingerprin…”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com
“Write everything down, pour your heart out in that journal and don’t stop until you feel free. Until you feel you’ve finally released all your thoughts and you can breathe easier. Then light the pages on fire and watch them burn in front of your eyes. Forget about them. Let the thoughts go. Forgive…”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“Let it all go with everything you have inside your chest, every piece of anxiety you’re holding on to and every ounce of anger you feel towards yourself along and the world. Just breathe it all out and let it disappear into the air. The tears that are forming in your eyes, let them freely run down y…”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com