Laura Dern Quotes

I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where I never felt like tomorrow could be better. It was always dread for the next day.

This is a physical thing that is fixable. I know, I'm a survivor. Believe me, there was no way I thought I could survive. There are answers out there that need to be found.

One of the things I'm learning is that crisis passes, and for anyone suffering I think it's important to know that.

If I were rewriting 'Love, Medicine & Miracles,' I might consider changing its title to 'The Side Effects of Cancer.' Healing is hard work, as is any change one must make in one's life. I and others have learned, however, that the side effects of cancer may not all be bad ones.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on.

We've survived by believing our life is going to get better.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

I do a lot of lectures on survival. I always say you can't change what happened, so have a little wallow, feel very sorry for yourself, and then get up and move forward. You can't change what happened.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.

Everybody has losses, and sometimes they're worse than others, but you can always bounce back.

And I saw darkness for weeks. It never dawned on me that I could come out of it, but you heal. Nature heals you, and you do come out of it. All of a sudden I saw a crack of light ... then all of a sudden I saw another crack of light. Then I saw forms in the light. And I recognized that there was no darkness, that in darkness there'll always be light.

Bad nights lead to better days

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.

There is a tomorrow after a disaster, and it's sometimes hard to remember that in the midst of it.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.