--- title: "1 Broken relationship Quotes By Pat Schneider" description: "1 Broken relationship quotes by Pat Schneider. Plus more from Pat Schneider and more Broken relationship sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/pat-schneider-35014_broken-relationship_if-we-can-t-forget-how-can-we-forgive-i_2298951.jpg" --- > [“If we can't forget, how can we forgive? I believe that forgiving can't be done by willpower alone. I can will myself to write out my own memories and feelings. I can will myself to imagine onto the page how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/if-we-can-t-forget-how-can-we-forgive-i-believe-that-forgiving-can-t/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/pat-schneider-35014_broken-relationship_if-we-can-t-forget-how-can-we-forgive-i_2298951.jpg) ## Other authors on Broken relationship - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-usman-ismaheel-1901.jpg) Usman Ismaheel 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broken-relationship/usman-ismaheel/) ## More by Pat Schneider > [Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/even-those-truths-that-are-painful-will-ultimately-increase-my-wisdom/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [“The panther that has stalked you since you were a child is old now. No longer wild, and tired of guarding the treasure you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/the-panther-that-has-stalked-you-since-you-were-a-child-is-old-now-no/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [And what is more generous than a window?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/and-what-is-more-generous-than-a-window/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [“It is a kind of love, is it not? How the cup holds the tea, How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare, How the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/it-is-a-kind-of-love-is-it-not-how-the-cup-holds-the-tea-how-the/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public recognition for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/whether-your-purpose-for-writing-is-artistic-expression-communication/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny scar at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/if-i-tell-you-my-character-has-grey-hair-you-will-not-see-her-if-i/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [“Be led by your joy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/be-led-by-your-joy/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/when-we-neglect-the-artist-in-ourselves-there-is-a-kind-of-mourning/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [“If we can't forget, how can we forgive? I believe that forgiving can't be done by willpower alone. I can will myself to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/if-we-can-t-forget-how-can-we-forgive-i-believe-that-forgiving-can-t/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [A writer is someone who writes!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/a-writer-is-someone-who-writes/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [“What a pity. How the stars and seas and rivers in their fragile lace of fog go on without us morning after morning, year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/what-a-pity-how-the-stars-and-seas-and-rivers-in-their-fragile-lace/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/to-grow-in-craft-is-to-increase-the-bredth-of-what-i-can-do-but-art/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) > [Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/writing-as-an-art-form-belongs-to-all-people-regardless-of-economic/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broken-relationship/pat-schneider/#itemlist", "name": "1 Broken relationship Quotes By Pat Schneider", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If we can't forget, how can we forgive? I believe that forgiving can't be done by willpower alone. I can will myself to write out my own memories and feelings. I can will myself to imagine onto the page how someone else may have felt. I can will myself to research someone else's life in order to better understand what happened. But I don't think I can forgive by simply willing to forgive. Forgiving happens to us when our hearts are ready. Sometimes it takes the form of working on our own story until quietly, often surprisingly, we simply let go of the hurt. Sometimes forgiving makes it possible to pick up the pieces of a broken relationship and begin again. Sometimes it means letting a relationship go. We can't forgive through willpower. What we can do is work toward readiness of heart. Writing as a spiritual practice can be that kind of work. When our heart is ready, we often don't even know it until forgiveness happens within us. 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