Is there such a secret place,
the land of tears.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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These are quotes taken from various poems, songs and individuals. Not all are about being a prosurvivor, but are nonetheless appropriate and I hope you are able to find some comfort or inspiration from them.
I would cry for you, I will wash away your pain with all my tears, and drown your fear. I will pray for you, I would sell my soul for something pure and true, for someone like you.
- Garbage "#1 Crush"
I'd lie for you as I would die for you
Pain in my heart is real
And I tell you now how I feel inside
Pain in my heart is for you.
- Candlebox "You"
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly.
- Ben Folds Five "Brick"
When you cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim.
- Tom Cruise
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
- Unknown
If ever be moved with woman moans, be moved with my tears, my sighs, my groans...
- William Shakespeare "Rape of Lucrece"
Today I will tend to my own garden, in my absence, my neighbor will tend to hers.
What matters most is not the size of the package, but the size of the heart that gives.
- Susan B. Blocker (sex abuse survivor)
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
- Elie Wiesel (Holocaust survivor)
Things do not change. We change.
- Henry David Thoreau