Quotes About Healing

Medical Center in San Diego to at least start

There's one thing—when they say they're sorry and ask to be forgiven, that's a big step. I may be a fool, but that's a step worth acknowledging. I put on my body armor, remind myself of the truth of their character, stay cautious and alert, and give them a chance. An apology and an effort are both rare and valuable.

You'll never get over her," she said. "I'm not supposed to get over her, Maggie. I'm supposed to treasure what was good and move on. That's a tall enough order.

It might be time to give yourself a pause. A break. You can't rush healing. And healing is more important than anything else, including finishing a book.

He wanted her to relearn, in his arms, the beauty of what could happen between a man and woman. The joy and ecstasy. After what had been done to her, she should know that in this, the love that he had for her, there would never be fear or pain, but only pleasure. Pleasure so wild and wonderful, it would fill her life for many days and nights to come.

Wouldn't a guy feel funny about his girl getting raped? Like maybe not wanting to… You know… Seems like a guy wouldn't want to touch her after that." "Like she was dirty? Come on," he said, laughing. "Don't think like that. When something bad happens to the girl you love, you just love her that much harder." "Really?" "Of course, really." "She

It was a long time before she relaxed and even began to enjoy life. To let herself enjoy life.

I think loving someone and losing them can leave a hole in your heart.

scars are much tougher than virgin skin.

go of me. The only way you can honor my memory is with your happiness.

There's a great trick to escaping the pain of loss, and that is giving.

This book has been like a monkey on my back for over a year. I can't separate it from losing my mother so I have to finish it and send it away. And until I can get my writing back, a part of me is missing.

Her scars were not thistles, they were velvet artwork on her heart. In

Do yourself a favor. Don't keep going back to the scene of the crime. It'll just buy you trouble.

troubles aren't worth the paper they're written on, but that doesn't mean writing them down won't help you get a fix on 'em.

There is an antidote to sadness—it is gratitude. There's a great trick to escaping the pain of loss, and that is giving.

As we enter a season of loving, healing, forgiving…a season of promise…so many of us will look to the heavens for that star. I think, sometimes, that star is in our hearts as well.

You don't cry over something like that and the tears turn into snakes that eat you from the inside out. The crying part—it's required.

Let's all say a little prayer that gives God permission to guide us in the right direction, in doing good, mending hurts, healing hearts, asking for forgiveness. And then we'll sing.

pain can't be taken away. It has to leave on its own. And I wasn't sure mine was the type of pain that wanted to go away.

I'm so sorry. I always felt like there was something off about me, and now I know. I'm broken." It wrecked me all over again to hear her say that. "You're not broken." "Then how come I can't be fixed?" she asked, shaking as she held back tears. "If I'm not broken, how come no one can fix me?

It had hurt to accept what was wrong with me, but it hurt even more to have hope.

I wondered what things became when you no longer needed them, and I wondered what the future would hold once we'd gotten past our personal tragedies and proven them ultimately survivable.

We all reach for whatever we think is going to dull the pain, and sometimes we don't even want whatever it is, we just want to not be miserable, you know?