Esther Wiebe > Quotes

“I started to realize I was free while they continued to live in bondage. My best revenge was living the best and fullest life I could while forgiving and forgetting them.”
― Esther Wiebe, Displaced: A Memoir

“Pain demands to be felt or demands that you feel nothing at all,”
― Esther Wiebe, Displaced: A Memoir

“But ultimately, I started to realize I was free while they continued to live in bondage. My best revenge was living the best and fullest life I could while forgiving and forgetting them.”
― Esther Wiebe, Displaced: A Memoir

“The truth is, no matter how much you wish you could lie down and die, your heart won’t stop beating. It won’t stop on your command. Your lungs demand that you take the next breath and the next. It’s a matter of your body insisting on living, not whether you are strong enough to survive.”
― Esther Wiebe, Displaced: A Memoir

“Many criminals practice more good deeds than the most religiously conformist people in my past.”
― Esther Wiebe, Displaced: A Memoir