Charline Mathwich

“And dimly she realised one of the great laws of the human soul: that when the emotional soul receives a wounding shock, which does not kill the body, the soul seems to recover as the body recovers. But this is only appearance. It is really only the mechanism of the resumed habit. Slowly, slowly the wound to the soul begins to make itself felt, like a bruise, which only slowly deepens its terrible ache, till it fills all the psyche. And when we think we have recovered and forgotten, it is then that the terrible after-effects have to be encountered at their worst.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover

“I felt the rough fingers of Papa’s hands brushing away my tears. “Enough
tears, Mija. Enough tears.”
― Steven Decker, INNOCENT AGAIN: A LEGAL THRILLER

“My soul grazes like a lamb on the beauty of an indrawn tide.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“My mother—with all the embarrassment and hurt that she caused me in my youth—ended up giving me the drive and the fire I needed to be more and to do more.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond