"But without painful experiences, we dont grow"

-- Betty Williams

#Painful Quotes #Without Pain Quotes #Grows Quotes

“On the rock bound coast of New Brunswick the waves break incessantly. Every now and then comes a particularly dangerous wave that breaks viciously into the rock. It is called 'The Rage.' That's me.”
“Which one is the most important between trust, hope and love? Loyalty.”
“I had a lot of trouble accepting God as a human being.”
“You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.”
“They have our bundles split open in museums / our dresses & shirts at auctions / our languages on tape / our stories in locked rare book libraries / our dances on film / The only part of us they can't steal / is what we know.”

Source : Chrystos (1988). “Not vanishing”, Press Gang Pub
“In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.”

Source : "A Message from Ryan Lewis". www.indiegogo.com.
“I know all the critics.”
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

Source : "Old Town Folks". Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Chapter 39, p. 507, 1869.

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