“Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.” WritingWellsTwoPiecesWifeWoundsMagazinesTeenagerTwo ThingsFluffyBeing A Teenager Author:Ann Patchett
“Growth of the soul is our goal, and there are many ways to encourage that growth, such as through love, nature, healing our wounds, forgiveness, and service. The soul grows well when giving and receiving love. I nourish my soul daily by loving others and being vulnerable to their love. Love is, after all, a verb, an action word, not a noun.” WayGivingWellsSoulActionGrowsGoalGrowthLove IsHealingLove YouWoundsMy SoulVulnerableReceivingVerbsNounsGiving And ReceivingLoving OthersNature LoveReceiving Love Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“It's become fashionable these days to say that the writer writes because he is not whole, he has a wound, he writes to heal it, but who cares if the writer is not whole; of course the writer is not whole, or even particularly well.” IfsWritingWellsWholeCareCoursesWoundsHealThese DaysWho CaresFashionable Book:Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals Source: Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals
“I know well there is no comfort for this pain of parting. The wound always remains, but one learns to bear the pain, and learns to thank God for what he gave. For the beautiful memories of the past, and the yet more beautiful hope for the future.” KnowsWellsPainPastBeautifulDeathMemoriesBearsComfortRemainsWoundsThank GodPartingHope For The FuturePast MemoriesBeautiful Memories Author:Max Muller