“I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”— banksy, blogs.stlukesct.org
“...you can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain - no matter how smart or accomplished - they cry, they yearn, they hurt … We all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”— Lois Lowry, amazon.com
“...the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever it was that had tried to hurt me.”— Jeannette Walls, amazon.com
“Sometimes things aren’t what they appear. We all have hurts that we don’t show.”— Charles Sheehan-Miles, amazon.com
“Just like there’s always time for pain, there’s always time for healing.”— Jennifer Brown, amazon.com
“It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.”— Washington Irving, goodreads.com
“Your only problem, perhaps, is that you scream without letting yourself cry.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“You’re so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.”— Tracy Chevalier, amazon.com
“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“It’s easy to look at people and make quick judgments about them, their present and their past, but you’d be amazed at the pain and tears a single smile hides. What a person shows to the world is only one tiny facet of the iceberg hidden from sight. And more often then not, it’s lined with cracks and…”— Sherrilyn Kenyon, amazon.com
“Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and it’s spectacular.”— Joseph Campbell, billmoyers.com