“The pain of running relieves the pain of living.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Endurance Copy Share Image
“I may never fly—in the bird sort of way. But I do have wings.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Bird Copy Share Image
“We cannot develop resilience without first enduring.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Develop Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Going Copy Share Image
“He was always right beside me, but we were never in the same place.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Friends to lovers Copy Share Image
“His absence was a presence. Who knew an empty space could take up so much room.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Absence Copy Share Image
“I fell in love with the expression in his eyes when he looked at me.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Crazy in love Copy Share Image
“Time is a daunting thing; it’s inescapable. Some moments pass unobserved and others stay with us, remaining frozen, lasting a lifetime...” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Clock Copy Share Image
“You should only fall in love with someone whose arms are open, and strong enough to catch you.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Never again, would I allow him to massage his ego along my body. She wasn't a lubricant.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Empowering-quotes Copy Share Image
“You could crush me right now if you walked away, but I would survive because I would know that I gave it… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Forever love Copy Share Image
“I dunno. I think you’re running again. I think you need to take a chance. For once, let go of the control.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Fear Copy Share Image
“Freedom and inner peace are not something we fight for, but something we find only when we learn to let the battle… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Freedom Copy Share Image
“I want to be bold and courageous; I want to take ridiculous risks; I want to live every moment with appreciation and… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Courage Copy Share Image
“All I wanted was to merge with the same person who had broken me, thinking that he was the only one who… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Heartbroken Copy Share Image
“I used to think knots in my stomach meant I really liked someone, but now I knew it was my body’s alarm… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Dating-quotes Copy Share Image
“Therapy, like life, is a process -- a journey toward greater self-awareness and healing -- where the in-the-moment experience is often as… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Life Copy Share Image
“Because of that, he didn't know how to love someone who actually loved him. He had learned a twisted, tormented kind of… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Crazy love Copy Share Image
“She averted his eyes, but not before he recognized the pain in them, a tormented and languished gaze, a stare preserved for… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Crazy love Copy Share Image
“Looking back, retrospectively on the events of that evening, I can see the irony — the shrink whose cat ate his own… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Cats Copy Share Image
“I realized that real love, the kind that lasts a lifetime, is never possessive. It’s never suffocating. It breathes. It lives. We… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Love Copy Share Image
“Saying you’re sorry is an act of strength. Apologizing says I appreciate you and your feelings and I am strong enough to… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Apologies Copy Share Image
“I loved being near you. Even though I felt that bubble you had around you, even though I never quite knew what… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Intimacy Copy Share Image
“I suffer from chronic nostalgia. Looking back makes me dizzy, queasy, and I yearn for it, ache for it. I want it… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Different emotions Copy Share Image
“I learned to run toward the pain, not away from it. There is nothing like that feeling: pushing, your legs like two… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Emotional pain Copy Share Image
“I rested my chin on my paws, wondering if she’d ever be able to open her heart to another man-human. I knew… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Another man Copy Share Image
“Looking at that pain in her eyes, he felt a closeness with her that he had never experienced before. Like they shared… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Crazy love Copy Share Image
“Life can be difficult at times and many questions have no answers. The determination it takes to go on and the resiliency… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Human spirit Copy Share Image
“The sun glowed behind the monotonous, gray January sky, a tease of light through the heavy hazy. Noah gazed out the window.… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Crazy love Copy Share Image
“Come meet me in the middle, somewhere between day and night, the beginning and the end, some place where crooked paths and… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Day and night Copy Share Image
“I wish I could hold time in my hands. I wish I could talk to it. Oh, how I would ask it… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Bereavement Copy Share Image
“Between the Miles I have always counted the miles. Sometimes they came quick, Other times slow. The distance between things, The way… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Endurance Copy Share Image
“She grew tired of shielding her body, For societal expectation and propriety, Double standards and sobriety, Ideologies of prudent cries, And boys… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Desire Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t broken. She was made up of a thousand tiny little cracks. She was always trying to keep herself glued together.… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Existentialism Copy Share Image
“Place your truth on my hips. Don’t tell me who you are. Show me with your sincerity, let me see the helplessness… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Double standards Copy Share Image
“He was footprints in the snow. Not all loves are meant to last. Some are meant to grace you briefly, before fading,… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Flower Copy Share Image
“Sweat dripped down his chest. She never thought she could envy a piece of fabric, until she saw the T-shirt kissing his… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Crazy love Copy Share Image
“They continued to run together for the next thirty minutes. Not a word between them, only the unspoken pulse of the run.… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Endurance Copy Share Image
