Amber Campbell > Quotes

“You prayed to your God, and you heard Him say I wasn't for you.

He was right.”
― Amber Campbell, Missed Arrows: Poems

“And there’s nothing right about living without hurting others
If it means we hurt ourselves in return.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“I'm too much and
Simultaneously not enough.”
― Amber Campbell, Missed Arrows: Poems

“But the fear of losing the comfort of
An imperfect but unconditional love.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“Because now I drown in words, aching for relief
From a pain so ingrained in my bones
That removing it might stop my heart
And suck the air from my lungs.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“May you find a person who can love you through your worst and your best and who can see the difference between your heart and your vice.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“And for all the ones who try to be their best.
That’s all you can be, and that’s what you were.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“Because I can only be as sweet
As my trauma allows me to be.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“Sometimes we can’t repair what’s broken
Because it was never meant to be.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“Her mother couldn’t forgive him for being a horrible husband, but Riley couldn’t hate him for being the best dad she’d ever known.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“You needed my youth to remind you that your time was limited. You needed my success to protect your family. You needed my reputation to be so pristine you could see your reflection in it like the lolling waves on a beach so you could smash a rock against it and see the ripples in the aftermath to know that yes, mine, too, could be shattered. You thought I was a saint, but my blood is no more human than yours.”
― Amber Campbell, Missed Arrows: Poems

“My muse is my love,
But my love is not my muse.”
― Amber Campbell, The Ones

“How can I be the bigger person
When the force you pitched me against
Was a trainwreck?”
― Amber Campbell, Missed Arrows: Poems

“But if her brain was asleep, her anger was awake.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“Love is the willingness to lay down our arms
And embrace others so tightly they no longer question
If they will ever feel tenderness before the swift kiss
Of death calls them to a forever home
Where we may not find them again.
We choose to love victims
Because we refuse to call ourselves victims,
But the day we do is the day we rise
And finally create love that does more than survive.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“Because he will understand I’m human”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“Fathers drank and mothers smoked,
But you aren’t supposed to remember that.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“For the readers on the cliff’s edge.
It’s okay to love through tears.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“Tell us no one is broken?
How can I recover when no one knew
Of the fractured mind and splintered heart?
How does one put together a soul
When it was formed from shards of love?”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“And if she looks pretty and smart and quiet,
That’s all that matters. Wouldn’t you agree?
Isn’t that what you love about me?”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle

“You filled my cup so full I can’t contain
The joy exuding from my lips,
Blocking out pain to teach me healing,
And I loved you before you helped me forget
That everyone I love loses their breath
When I steal their air and finally let them rest.”
― Amber Campbell, Daughter of the Bottle