Quote by J.B. Salsbury

“I thought about death and was gripped by feelings which choked my chest and made my throat dry, a sudden pushing and shoving in…

— Kenzaburō Ōe

“Throughout my entire miserable childhood I woke at least once a night weeping from overwhelming delight. I did it hungry, I did it after…

— Bob Thurber

“Alone in my room, wrapped in a blanket, I whimpered and talked aloud to myself, recalling the lost glory of my youth when I…

— Nicole Krauss

“It's not the victim who wakes up to a half-empty bed, a half-empty house.He isn't the one who dreams that he's stiilla live, only…

— John Verdon

“The suffering, the despair in this place, is like a wave. It rolls out of every bed, smashes against the moldy walls and swoop…

— Khaled Hosseini

“I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out Looking, with its hooks, for something to love I am terrified by this dark…

— Sylvia Plath

“Trauma is any terrifying event that instantly changes the world as we know it, leaving us helpless and emotionally overwhelmed.”

— Sue Johnson

“Trauma. It doesn't eke itself out over time. It doesn't split itself manageably into bite-sized chunks and distribute itself equally throughout your life. Trauma…

— Holly Bourne

“Every existence contains its primal trauma, an event dividing life into a before and an after, a trauma so great that even the most…

— Amélie Nothomb

“I slipped into a state beyond my usual grief and restlessness and anxiety and despair – one of not feeling anything at all. And…

— Matt Haig

“this world’s a goddamn twilight zone — people wired wrong, hearts half-asleep. so i try to move through it with a little grace, even…

— Jonathan Harnisch

“There is a fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration; there are daily small…

— Martha Graham