Mandi Lynn > Quotes

“Caring is our curse. If we don’t care, we can’t get hurt. But if we didn’t care, the world would be a dark place to live. We have to deal with it and realize life isn’t fair. People are taken out of our lives, and others live who don’t deserve to continue.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Sometimes it all becomes too much. Your body and mind will just give way. Part of you may want to blissfully fade into nothing, but you never do. After a while all the memories and emotions make you shut down but never fully disappear—it’s safer for you this way, to be excluded. It’s a time to be alone, to heal, and to find yourself. It doesn’t mean you’ve given up or stopped trying; it just means you know what’s best for you.
Breathing is medicine. I forgot how to breathe, but I’m learning all over again.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Reality is knowing that you will get hurt. That there’s no stopping it, but you still try. Even after you’re hurt, you first want to suffer through it, for some reason thinking the afflictions will help. You find out later that the remedy is time. Time supposedly heals everything. How can you know though? Is it when you forget or when it doesn’t hurt to think about it anymore?”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Never assume you are alone, because you never truly are. Only when your life has surely ended and your loved ones have forgotten you is when you are gone. Gone from this world and the next.
Sleep is when you are most vulnerable. It’s a sanctuary and a curse; how you perceive it is up to you.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Because it isn’t a loss; just a little piece of their haven had broken off. People can patch things; it still may hurt, but that’s life.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Keep my soul safe. Phantom Lagoon is my home; my safe harbor. I no longer belong to a family; I am a loner. I feel no pain here, because it does not exist; nor will I let it exist. My soul is concealed in this stone; it is my life. I must let go, forget, and never look back. The blame shall be none but my own, for I was born of only half, to be reunited later in life. I am an Essence.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Has there ever been a night where you didn’t feel safe? Maybe you felt you were being watched? Or you couldn’t close your eyes for fear of the unknown? If, for only a moment, you let your guard down and hear a sound—unidentified and quiet—maybe it was all in your head.
Never let your guard down.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Breathing is medicine. I forgot how to breathe, but I’m learning all over again.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Dreams are not lands of happiness. It is miscomprehended that bad dreams are nightmares. In truth, the only dreams we have are nightmares. When you are asleep, your brain wanders, bringing up thoughts of hopes and fears. During the night, thoughts of fear are what haunt you. Dreams are nightmares. Hopeful dreams are your wishes that will most likely never come true, which are their own form of nightmares.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Do you feel it? The sense of being watched? I do.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Time passes fast when you’re not in step. If you think for a moment that you can get it back, wake up—you can’t. Some people think time is theory. Everything is a cycle of events happening over and over. If you think this is true, then be aware and learn from your mistakes.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Then, when I thought it couldn’t get any better, I see it. And I knew, only then, that I’m truly in Heaven.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“If you look up the meaning of healing you can find many different definitions. There’s the adjective, noun, and verb (with and without objects). For argument’s sake we will use the verb. Still there are many definitions. The one that fits here is to free from evil; cleanse; purify; to heal the soul.
Free from evil, even if you didn’t know it was there.”
― Mandi Lynn, Essence

“Here's what I've learned so far on the trail," Chip says, shifting to sit up. "You can spend months, years, or your entire life caring about something that you think will make you happy. But if the journey to get there doesn't make you happy, then what's the point?”
― Mandi Lynn