"So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I wasâ€”and amâ€”innocent.â€ The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis"

-- Ellen Bass

#Responsibility Quotes #Healing Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Art isn't a science or a job; it's alive.”

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“The Lord has given us a table at which to feast, not an altar on which a victim is to be offered; He has not consecrated priests to make sacrifice, but servants to distribute the sacred feast.”
“Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball.”
“I want to tell you what it was really like to think death is imminent, but I can't. It's a taste in your mouth. And an emptiness.”
“My parents are European immigrants. And I think as Europeans there are so many languages in close proximity that it's part of the culture to try to learn at least one other language. So my parents really encourage it in the house. Chinese would be really great to learn - like Mandarin or Cantonese. Portuguese would be incredible.”
“You have to believe in what you're doing. In the long run, you have to feel that what you're doing, regardless of the trends, will have a lasting quality. Someday someone may pick it up and recognize that it was superior.”
“It's kind of fun to listen to Christians who say: I'm a New Testament Christian. What other kind of Christian is there?”
“Becca Gardner is wonderful as the good-hearted little Griff who refuses to be daunted by all the heart-ache and resentment on dad's ranch and this young actress proves there's another young child actress in Hollywood besides Dakota Fanning.”

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