Fred Venturini > Quotes

“To age is to embrace a slow hurt inside and out, to collect scars like rings on a tree, dark and withered and sometimes only visible if someone cuts deep enough. Scars keep the past close enough to touch, but healing is forgetting. Healing invites another cut. Healing is the tide that smoothes away our line in the sand. For life to begin, the damage must be permanent.”
― Fred Venturini, The Samaritan

“Simple really," I said. "The heart does not grow back.”
― Fred Venturini, The Samaritan

“Doing absolutely nothing has its own inertia, making it tougher to walk out that door, and once outside, the fear of my computer kept me from wanting to come back.”
― Fred Venturini, The Heart Does Not Grow Back

“Studies have proven moms are legit.”
― Fred Venturini, The Escape of Light

“Funny how being in opposition to something tends to inspire tireless picketing and cleverly worded signs, while support rarely arouses that level of productivity.”
― Fred Venturini, The Heart Does Not Grow Back

“But something I have learned is that sometimes, the universe is full of heavy things that drop on top of your life and stay put forever. Love is one of them. Pain is another. Sometimes they're the same thing.”
― Fred Venturini, The Heart Does Not Grow Back

“... It truly didn't matter if my flesh and bone never returned; the treasures of life could still be salvaged if I was brave enough to look.”
― Fred Venturini, The Heart Does Not Grow Back

“The suffering of human potential comes from the lack of a true pinnacle.”
― Fred Venturini, The Heart Does Not Grow Back