Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

Ellen Bass's Popular Quotes

So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the …

- Ellen Bass

Visualizing how you want to be is [an] effective way to move toward your goal.

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Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.

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I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave.

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What would people look like if we could see them as they are, soaked in honey, stung and swollen, reckless, pinned against time?

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Everyone has the right to tell the truth about her own life.

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If you’ve managed to do one good thing, the ocean doesn’t care. But when Newton’s apple fell toward the earth, the earth, ever so slightly, fell towa…

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There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.

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No matter how many vitamins you take, how much Pilates, you'll lose your keys, your hair and your memory.

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