Amy Molloy > Quotes

“I do sometimes miss living on the edge. The view from there takes your breath away.”
― Amy Molloy, Wife, Interrupted

“Sometimes it's more painful to draw to mind the good times”
― Amy Molloy, Wife, Interrupted

“To this day the f-word turns my stomach. Because 'fine' is a euphemism for everything you're scared of saying.”
― Amy Molloy, Wife, Interrupted

“I love you. No doubts. I can smile now because It was so true: I never had any doubts; I always knew he was it for me, I knew he was all I'd ever want”
― Amy Molloy, Wife, Interrupted

“Many of us were told as children that “words can never hurt me”, but they absolutely can. In fact, a story can restrict us, confine us and create a “happiness ceiling” that is so low, we feel like we’re unable to breathe.”
― Amy Molloy, Heal Your Story, Change Your Life: 10 Days to Inner Freedom

“We are multi-dimensional, complex wonderful, messy, beautiful beings. Let’s find a way to celebrate that together. Our stories can hold our hands for a short while, but then it’s time to run free.”
― Amy Molloy, Heal Your Story, Change Your Life: 10 Days to Inner Freedom

“If you have children, they are a great tool to spotlight stagnant stories. Naturally, our kids call them out and push against them, but too often we don’t listen to their cries for change.

Look for the signs — they’re desperately trying to show you the outdated, stagnant stories that are no longer serving them. We’re outgrowing the old stories that confine us — and we’re all starting to feel it.”
― Amy Molloy, Heal Your Story, Change Your Life: 10 Days to Inner Freedom

“We are being called to refresh our stories — individually and as a society. We are being called to update our perspectives; to learn from the past without getting stuck in old hurts. To update who we see as the “heroes” and “villains” of the world, and to allow ourselves to want more than our ancestors could access. More compassion. More empathy. More openness. More unity. Less judgement (for other people or ourselves). More faith in our children and optimism for their futures.”
― Amy Molloy

“The truth is, stories can help us to find meaning in our toughest moments. When we’re recovering, physically, emotionally or spiritually, from our most challenging moments, storytelling helps us to make sense of adversity, and to rearrange our reality into resilience. But this should only ever be a short-term strategy.”
― Amy Molloy, Heal Your Story, Change Your Life: 10 Days to Inner Freedom

“The goal is to hold our stories lightly with an open palm and a playful mind, and to be prepared to drop them when they burn us”
― Amy Molloy

“Okay, here’s the good news — we can become more than the stories that we tell about ourselves. We can certainly become more than the stories that other people tell about us. And we have to, now more than ever.”
― Amy Molloy, Heal Your Story, Change Your Life: 10 Days to Inner Freedom

“The stories we tell are the stories that we live … Choose yours kindly.”
― Amy Molloy

“If I can shed my old stories, even the ones made global headlines, then I know you can too.”
― Amy Molloy

“Currently, we are standing at a crossroad in humanity and society. The old systems — and the old stories attached to those systems — are no longer working for us or allowing us to flourish (or even to survive).”
― Amy Molloy, Heal Your Story, Change Your Life: 10 Days to Inner Freedom

“I had to realise, my origin story would always be a part of me — but not all of me. It was one story in the huge library of my life. I could always revisit it in the future, and retell the story, in a fresh and renewed way, if and when it really served me. But I didn’t want to just play it automatically on repeat anymore. I was bored of myself. I was bored of my pain. I was bored of my excuses. I was ready to be more …”
― Amy Molloy, Heal Your Story, Change Your Life: 10 Days to Inner Freedom