“Time may not heal all wounds, but it does a damned good job at patching them up.”
Source: Savvy Survival. . . : for women starting over alone later in life.
“While she opened her heart and let people in... That didn't mean her broken heart had been mended. Her wounds could heal in time. The scars, too, might fade, in time -- but that didn't erase that she'd borne them. Old wounds could still be fresh memories.”
Source: NISEMONOGATARI, Part 2: Fake Tale
“It’s probably easier to heal wounded animals than broken humans.”
Source: The Red Island: The Gatekeeper
“I cannot stress enough how good it is to know the future. If I didn’t come back with my memories intact, I would have probably clung to my father. I would have hated to see myself, unlovable, begging for attention, and finally turning into an ugly woman all over again. Yes, to live a good life… I just need to do nothing. The moment I tried to do something, I would attract people’s hatred and anger.”
Source: 폭군님은 착하게 살고 싶어 [Poggunnim'eun Chaghage Salgo Sip'eo]
“Sometimes, you lose somebody
to find that love
is meant to return home.
And now,
as I gather the ashes,
I know
I will live and love again,
but this time,
it will be me
who stands in the center
of that flame.
This time,
that love will be mine.”
Source: In the Darkness of Shards: Poems from a Broken Place
“Yet, what the memory repudiates controls the human being. What one does not remember dictates who one loves or fails to love. What one does not remember dictates, actually, whether one plays poker, pool, or chess. What one does not remember contains the key to one’s tantrums or one’s poise. What one does not remember is the serpent in the garden of one’s dreams. What one does not remember is the key to one’s performance in the toilet or in bed. What one does not remember contains the only hope, danger, trap, inexorability, of love—only love can help you recognize what you do not remember.”
Source: Evidence of Things Not Seen
“We commit to our own healing in part because the realization of what we are dreaming of rests on it. It is our responsibility to one another to do our internal work, not so that we feel good alone but to stay an active part of the whole and to refuse to pass down to the next generation what pain we've accrued.”
Source: What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
“There was something about other people's grief that was so exposing, so personal, that she felt she shouldn't be looking.”
Source: Getting Rid of Matthew
“A monk once said: "Imagine being bitten by a snake, and instead of focusing on healing from the poison, You chase the snake to understand why it bit you and to prove that you didn't deserve it.”
“The processing, letting go and healing from an abusive / toxic relationship is an emotionally challenging detachment, especially without (proper) closure. It required a conscientious effort of personal introspection, own behaviour modification, resilience, forgiveness and acceptance to move beyond the realms of just accepting someone else's (false) sense of entitlement, lack of respect and incessant aggressive behaviour tendencies”