Fox

“One of the most healing things you can do is recognize where in your life you are your own poison.”

“Rape doesn’t have to be violent to be traumatizing. Having someone inside of your body without your permission is violence in and of itself. I don’t know why no one seems to understand that. I can’t just forget about it like everyone wants me to.”

“…and I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”

“I was swimming. I was fighting. And then I thought, just for a second, I thought ‘What’s the point?’ And then I let go. I stopped fighting.”

“Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.”

“I am so sorry to all the people I hurt while I was hurting.”

“The lioness may be sleeping, but there will come a time soon when she will rise with the morning sun and she will hunt again, no longer aware of the sleep that overcame her mere hours before. The sky may seem calm, but another storm will blow through and winds will howl with all the ferocity of a soul on fire, the thunder will rumble and the lightning will flare and all will know the power in nature’s cleanse. My lungs may collapse in emotional exhaustion, and my heart may grow black and blue, too sore to possibly squeeze another ounce through these veins, but it will continue to beat, and my lungs will fill with the sound of my lion’s roar and my soul will howl with the growing spark within.”