Facing The Past Quotes

“We are bound
to memories,
to a past,
even to those full
of all that is aghast,
and yet, we must
conjure up
enough strength
to live beside
our ghosts,
unafraid."

- Barbara Garay, "Beneath the Surface: A book of poems.”
― Barbara Garay, Beneath the Surface: A Book of Poems

“I think the longer you look at light, the more it changes.”
― Nicole T. Smith, We Have Shadows Too

“She plucked another figurine from the mantle: a rose carved from a dark sort of wood. She held it in her palm, its solid weight surprising, and traced a finger over one of the petals. 'He made this one for Elain. Since it was winter and she missed the flowers.'

'Did he ever make any for you?'

'He knew better than to do that.' She inhaled a shuddering breath, held it, released it. Let her mind calm. 'I think he would have, if I'd given him the smallest bit of encouragement, but... I never did. I was too angry.'

'You'd have your life overturned. You were allowed to be angry.'

'That's not what you told me the first time we met.' She pivoted to find him arching a brow. 'You told me I was a piece of shit for letting my younger sister go into the woods to hunt while I did nothing.'

'I didn't say it like that.'

'The message was the same.' She squared her shoulders, turning to the small broken cot in the shadows beside the fireplace. 'And you were right.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames