Abuse Quote by Lila Bowen

“My blade, sharp. My incision, perfect. A Surgeon Warrior. I can use a knife to take a life or to save one. We were…

— José N. Harris

“No knife cuts as swiftly, deeply and precisely as the blade of the Beloved.”

— Tiziana Stupia

“Those of you who are mortal, you burn so fiercely.”

— Cassandra Clare

“t this is human life: the war, the deeds, The disappointment, the anxiety, Imagination's struggles, far and nigh, All human; bearing in themselves this…

— John Keats

“We are not idealized wild things. We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our…

— Joan Didion

“We kill, kill, kill. Flesh, spirit, whatever gets in our way. It's like our whole purpose is to extinguish life. And for those who…

— Douglas Clegg

“The most tragic and deviant behaviour of all is that we live our lives like we will never die, and nonetheless we never live…

— Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D

“The harsh reality is that my flesh must die not so much because of what it does, but because of what it is.”

— Kelly Minter

“Mortality is one of the greatest gifts ever bestowed. After a long and fruitful life, we are able to rest.”

— Nancy Straight

“all the works of mortal man have been doomed to mortality, and in the midst of things which have been destined to die, we…

— Seneca

“And the more I live, the more I dread death, even while I abhor life. Such an enigma is man -- born to perish…

— Mary Shelley

“In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.”

— Anonymous