1. âand I never knew survival was like that. If you live, you look back and beg for it again, the hazardous bliss before you knew what you would miss.â (ada limĂłn, from âbeforeâ)
2. âThe consistency of hurt is what makes it so comforting.â (william nuâutupu giles, from âwhat do you want? itâs not that simpleâ)
3. âA child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.â (gillian flynn, from âsharp objectsâ)
4. âWhen youâve had a bad experience, you sometimes feel compelled to recreate it in a way that allows you to control it. Itâs like youâre attracted to the very thing that bothered you because youâre not done with it- you need to fix that moment so you can move forward. Oscar Wilde said, âa burnt child loves fire.â For me, that means being able to explore things that have been traumatic or youâre not so sure about. The sources of terror in childhood can become the sources of attraction in adulthood.â (todd hido, from âon landscapes, interiors, and the nudeâ)
6. âThis body knows fear like a front porch knows welcomeâit is always coming home.â (brenna twohy, from âswallowtailâ)
7. âI liked Hell. I like to go there alone relieved to lie in the wreckage, ruined, physically undone. The worst had happened. What else could hurt me then? I thought it was the worst, thought nothing worse would come. The nothing did, and no one.â (marie howe, from âmagdalene: the addict)