Roxane Gay Quote

Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.

Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.

You need to keep hurting until you realise you never needed to hurt in the first place.

A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.

a flower knows, when its butterfly will return, and if the moon walks out, the sky will understand;but now it hurts, to watch you leave so soon,when I don't know, if you will ever come back.

Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: Why can't you see who I truly am?

Your right actions might hurt someone, so if required apologize for your right actions, but don't stop taking right actions.

The past does not define me, it ignites me. The past is not a piece of me, it has placed me

Be leery of silence. It doesn't mean you won the argument. Often, people are just busy reloading their guns.

As more people have found the courage to break through shame and speak about woundedness in their lives, we are now subjected to a mean-spirited cultural response, where all talk of woundedness is moc...