Chelsea

“The deadened seek out the living to exterminate feeling, either by making their targets join them in numbness or by intimidating or assaulting them into silence. In the landscape of silence, the three realms might be silence imposed from within; silence imposed from without; and silence that exists around what”
― Rebecca Solnit, The Mother of All Questions

“Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life

“David Morris, in The Evil Hours, his remarkable book on trauma, notes, “Part of trauma’s corrosive power lies in its ability to destroy narrative, and . . . stories, written and spoken, have tremendous healing power for both the teller and the listener.”
― Rebecca Solnit, The Mother of All Questions

“The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like the rain.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief