I used to cross-stitch because my mom cross-stitched.

“ Outside, the Air was Alert and Bright and Hot... She could see the pattern of the cross-stitch flowers from the blue cross-stitch counterpane…

— Arundhati Roy

Oh, and I have to mention one lady who does all of my book covers in cross stitch and frames them. Muriel. She's amazing.…

— Alan Titchmarsh

“Because, my weird has been able to cancel out your weird, Lady Cross-Stitch.”

— Alexandra Bracken

“...You stitched the broken pieces of my spirit back together.”

— Heather Cleveland

Life had been a suit I'd only put on for special occasions. Most of the time I kept it in the back of my…

— Marisha Pessl

I myself am entirely made up of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

— Anonymous

“I stitched an itch to my side. As far as surgeries go, I’m just barely scratching the surface.”

— Jarod Kintz

“All of life is quilted from the scraps of what once was and is no more- the places we have been, the memories we…

— Lisa Wingate

I have stitched life into me like a rare organ

— Sylvia Plath

I often felt like I was walking around with this Scarlet Letter stitched to my chest from the way that people treated me.

— Toni Braxton

“Some wounds broke open and had to be stitched closed with patience and prayer.”

— Francine Rivers

“You are still here stitched into the words on these walls.”

— Tamara Ireland Stone

“That was the moment my heart threaded with hers. It was as if someone reached down with a sewing needle and stitched my soul…

— Tarryn Fisher

“I like wearing earth tones, and ties with little shovels stitched on. I stitched them on myself.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Being stitched was evidence of a mending, an overcoming of pain. Our scars were proof that we were strong enough to keep living.”

— Devon Monk