Trauma Quotes

188 quotes by 165 authors

My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born… — Ang Lee
One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn out well. This… — Amy Dickinson
People like head trauma. They love knockouts. The crowd is silent, silent, silent... and then a knockout happens, and everyone goes native. There would be… — Jonathan Gottschall
It is one thing to read the Scriptures and affirm their truth. But until you are in the trenches of trial, until you are faced… — Kevin Malarkey
The body stores the trauma of our lives in muscular rigidity, thereby keeping us stuck in the past. When we release the tension in the… — Joseph Heller
Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major… — Anne Grant
My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance… — Ronnie James Dio
All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma. — Kazuo Ishiguro
The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to… — Naveen Jain
If you get an infection, you get a fever; the fever is your body dealing with the infection. If you get traumatized, your mind and… — Sebastian Junger
The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions. — Henry A. Kissinger
The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to… — Alex Lifeson
The Republicans ought to be nowhere near trying to help Obama save his bacon. But they don't think that's what they're doing, I'm convinced. You… — Rush Limbaugh
I think my biggest focus for myself is learning how to continue to get through the trauma that my father has caused in my life. — Lindsay Lohan
Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship… — Alanis Morissette
As a matter of fact, I deliberately look for the mundane, because I feel these stories are ignored. The most influential things that happen to… — Harvey Pekar
I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of… — Jodi Picoult
I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these… — Jodi Picoult
'Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in the third act… — Jason Reitman
Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their… — Sharon Salzberg

Who Wrote These Trauma Quotes

165 authors contributed a total of 188 Trauma Quotes, led by these top contributors: