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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/there-is-a-comfort-in-knowing-that-you-don-t-have-to-pretend-anymore/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/ellen-bass-18832_comfort_there-is-a-comfort-in-knowing-that-you-d_486166.jpg)

## More by Ellen Bass

> [“In spite of the horror, in spite of the tragedy, in spite of the weeks of sleepless nights, I'm finally alive. I'm not pretending.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/in-spite-of-the-horror-in-spite-of-the-tragedy-in-spite-of-the-weeks/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's one of the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/garrison-keillor-read-several-of-my-poems-on-the-writer-s-almanac-and/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [“If You Knew What if you knew you'd be the last to touch someone? If you were taking tickets, for example, at the theater,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/if-you-knew-what-if-you-knew-you-d-be-the-last-to-touch-someone-if/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [Allow yourself to release the emotions you have struggled all your life to contain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/allow-yourself-to-release-the-emotions-you-have-struggled-all-your/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [“The Aftermath When the fierce pure pleasure has clawed through, ripped open my tent of separateness, I lay in my lover's arms, weeping and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/the-aftermath-when-the-fierce-pure-pleasure-has-clawed-through-ripped/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [“Dead Butterfly By Ellen Bass For months my daughter carried a dead monarch in a quart mason jar. To and from school in her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/dead-butterfly-by-ellen-bass-for-months-my-daughter-carried-a-dead/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/if-you-ve-managed-to-do-one-good-thing-the-ocean-doesn-t-care-but/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/there-is-a-comfort-in-knowing-that-you-don-t-have-to-pretend-anymore/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [ Visualizing how you want to be is \[an\] effective way to move toward your goal. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/visualizing-how-you-want-to-be-is-an-effective-way-to-move-toward/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [“Healing was a terrifying and painful experience and my life was as full of struggle and heartache as it had always been. Several years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/healing-was-a-terrifying-and-painful-experience-and-my-life-was-as/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [“The World Has Need Of You” everything here seems to need us —Rainer Maria Rilke I can hardly imagine it as I walk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/the-world-has-need-of-you-everything-here-seems-to-need-us-rainer/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [Exercise stimulates your circulation, massages your internal organs, stretches and strengthens your muscles, and energizes you. Exercise is also a great way to discharge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/exercise-stimulates-your-circulation-massages-your-internal-organs/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-since-i-was-in-high-school-but-i-never/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [Your wallet will be stolen, you'll get fat, slip on the bathroom tiles of a foreign hotel and crack your hip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/your-wallet-will-be-stolen-you-ll-get-fat-slip-on-the-bathroom-tiles/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

> [What would people look like if we could see them as they are, soaked in honey, stung and swollen, reckless, pinned against time?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/what-would-people-look-like-if-we-could-see-them-as-they-are-soaked/)

[Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/)

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