Janet Fitch Quotes

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myself better now and know what I have to do.

Your life is a work of art, and in the end, the underlying theme of great art is bravery and hope and love.

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

My mother used to talk about passages and, once in a while, about ordeals. We all have them; we are all shaped by them. She thought the key was to find the healing in the hurt.

It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.\

The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story

One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

I don’t want you to think I got through this undamaged, okay? But I’m learning to live with it. Because otherwise, the damage is all you are.

We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.

I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.

I am past scorching; not easily can’st thou scorch a scar.

What was once your pain, will be your home.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

The thing about happiness is that it doesn't help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.

Mental strength is really important because you either win or lose in your mind.

and now, all these years later, it seem to him that the most horrible fact of human existence was that broken hearts mended

Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?

. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.

There's always a positive to those negative times, because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes from every hardship, and it's been a lesson for me.

You'll remember someone who broke your heart, and you'll think to yourself, 'Oh yes, I remember how that feels.' But you can't.