Best Emotional Struggle Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Walking away from someone you love doesn’t break you— it changes you into someone else. With each step, you feel yourself losing something—forever. And it will never be the same— not tomorrow, not even in ten years. You have to live with the person you are now and forget the two you left behind back then: The one you loved and the one you once were— they are gone.”

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Author:Laura Chouette

“A heartbreak won’t kill your love— the pain that causes it does.”

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Author:Laura Chouette

“Pain changes everything — even the way we love.”

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Author:Laura Chouette

“For time washed over my scars like the waves cure the shore. Your words drowning the ocean by wanting every last drop from it. And the ink turned my blood into the highest sacrifice. Wounds turning into words and bleeding out your name.”

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Author:Laura Chouette

“All she knows is that he leaves a trail of broken women in his wake, and she is the most broken of them all.”

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Book:Hera

Source: Hera

“When she was alone, she stopped seeing the meaning in things.”

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Book:The Wedding People

Source: The Wedding People

“A soul is a monstrous thing, weaker than the heart yet stronger than the mind. What you can’t give your heart, feed your soul with— and reveal everything hidden.”

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Author:Laura Chouette

“I don't know. I hope it doesn't matter. I have a terrifying feeling it does.”

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Book:House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition

Source: House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition

“She wishes instantly she hadn't looked back - the image of him is too easy to memorize, and she's already trying to forget the shape of him standing there and how easily she would fit into the crook of his neck.”

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Book:How to End a Love Story

Source: How to End a Love Story

“Surely no one else lived like this - burdened by the tiniest details they assumed had enormous consequences. Surely no one else was so anchored by anxiety. Other people could stumble and shake their heads and move on. How she envied their lightness.”

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Book:Katabasis

Source: Katabasis

“there's something wrong with my ears I can't shut them like I can shut my eyes”

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Book:Open Throat

Source: Open Throat

“If I were to be totally sincere In every desperate attempt to save the world, I forget that there are nights I can't even save myself. I stand at the end of every line of souls I try to lift, as if I'm the least deserving of my own compassion. And maybe I am.”

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Author:Mohamed Yossri

“I want the best for him, and he seems to disappear into his darkness, like he's hiding in a place where he doesn't want my light." "Then why not offer him your darkness?”

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Book:The Sun and the Star

Source: The Sun and the Star

“And the rain washed all the guilt from my hands— finally watering the flowers that bloomed underneath for all this time.”

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Author:Laura Chouette

“I was lost and would remain lost and all I could expect was to survive. So I had made decisions like someone who wasn't a person, who just wanted to survive.”

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Book:Borne

Source: Borne

“They'll probably say I'm crazy or even mad, and maybe they're right—I should have kept my distance. There were so many things I wanted to say, truths I wanted to share, but I knew they would only cause pain. So instead, I buried those thoughts deep inside and let the pain consume me. No matter how much I tried to explain, it wouldn't have made a difference. I couldn't even understand the turmoil within myself, so how could I possibly make them understand? As time passes, I find myself growing weaker, but with that weakness comes a strange relief. The less I remember, the less I can be hurt. The fading memories bring a certain numbness, and with it, the suffering begins to fade too.”

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Author:Rolf van der Wind

“Trauma may be a new subject in psychology, but its repercussions are centuries old. As society becomes more aware of its impact, we must actively take responsibility and make profound changes in the way we think, treat, and mitigate the consequences of psychological struggles.”

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Book:Traumatization and Its Aftermath

Source: Traumatization and Its Aftermath

“She both wanted and did not want to be held, to be touched, to be comforted. She was afraid of wanting becoming needing. And she was afraid, so terribly afraid, that if she needed him, it would be the moment that he slipped away.”

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Book:A Theory of Dreaming

Source: A Theory of Dreaming

“In this world, you can’t carry your love on your sleeves— that’s why we hold it in the cages of our ribs.”

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Author:Laura Chouette

“I don't know what makes us want to keep on living, what makes us desperately hold on to anything that will allow us to remain on this earth just a little longer despite the pain that comes with it, but I do know that, whatever it is, selfishness resides at its core; selfishness is its black, dangerous heart.”

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Book:The Devil Takes You Home

Source: The Devil Takes You Home