Healing
— Nic / @existentialcrisistime
— excerpts from an interview with kathee muzin about the first time she fell in love with another woman, published in the montreal gazette, december 1991
“Sometimes, all you need is permission to feel. Sometimes, what causes the most pain is actually the attempt to resist feeling, or the shame that grows up like thorns around it.”
— Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
“Truth and relationships don't make life better, David. They make life possible.”
— Six Feet Under, "Twilight"
“You hang onto your pain like it means something, like it's worth something, well, let me tell you, it's not worth shit. Let it go. Infinite possibilities, and all he can do is whine.”
“Well, what am I supposed to do?”
“What do you think? You can do anything, you lucky bastard, you're alive! What's a little pain compared to that?”
“It can't be that si
... See more“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.”
— bell hooks, All About Love - New Visions