Confessional Writing Quotes

“A distinction must be made between that writing which enables us to hold on to life even as we are clinging to old hurts and wounds and that writing which offers to us a space where we are able to confront reality in such a way that we live more fully. Such writing is not an anchor that we mistakenly cling to so as not to drown. It is writing that truly rescues, that enables us to reach the shore, to recover.”
― bell hooks, Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work

“i hope so dearly i can find one. a bone
that is as large as the city. as timeless as poems,
and damned poets; a magic.”
― Admer Balingan, metamorphosis

“there are no soft rests here,
no bird songs and Mother's yellow branches
to swing me.
only hideous lullabies and grotesque poems
hung on the wind, everywhere.
they swirl around as if dusts from mad city,
and dirty smokes from factories, and
i inhale all of them. like cannabis.
i inhale it more often that i fancy mosquitoes
and its bites as Mother's kiss,
touch,
a basketful of love.”
― Admer Balingan, metamorphosis

“My writing is not linear —
it is a hybrid memoir:
fragments of a soul,
stitched together with poetry,
confession,
and truth.”
― Phoenix Moon

“My writing is hybrid
because it is human —
and the human is never just one thing.

It is poetry,
it is pain,
it is visceral confession,
reflection,
questioning,
philosophy,
and prayer —
all intertwined…”
― Phoenix Moon

“I’m tired of bodies.
I need to touch souls.”
― Phoenix Moon, Emotional Roller Coaster: Confessions of a soul reborn from the ashes

“I swallow my tongue,
and lock my jaw,
because a person like me
will burn the whole world down
if I open my mouth.”
― Sadia Hakim, A Poet From Alpha Centauri

“Dear Diary,
I am having the worst flu of my life,
and I am unable to process anything.
I have not been able to sleep for days.
And I just want to scream.”
― Sadia Hakim, A Poet From Alpha Centauri