Healing Through Writing Quotes

“Through writing, we walk out of the darkness into the light together, one small step at a time.”
― C.J. Heck

“Create a new narrative.
Interrupt the pattern.
Take back the pen.
Reclaim ownership of the story.

You—and only you—get to decide how the next chapter is written.

Write it all down.
The mistakes and the blessings and the places you cracked in two.
Write the prayers and the tantrums.
The sacred and the profane.
The open roads and the closed doors.

Nothing is permanent.
Erase what does not fit.
Cross it out.
Write on top of the lines that no longer serve, fifty times over if you want.

Remember, the only one who can write the next part of your story is you.”
― Jeanette LeBlanc

“At the absolute bottom, where the world forgets your name and even your own reflection feels like a stranger, there’s a rare kind of clarity. Rock bottom isn’t the end—it’s the place where truth has no disguise, where every word you write carries the weight of survival. From that depth, creation isn’t just expression—it’s resurrection.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia