Katie Piper Quotes

You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you're not alone.

When I lost my brother, it kind of messed me up because in my city, I know everybody. I kind of felt untouchable.

That's the number one rule after you lose someone is go to somebody else, go to the people around you, be with the people that you love.

There is something very healthy about finding support from others during difficult times. I needed it for my own healing.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.

In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life.

I was a troubled teen and I was constantly looking for someone to throw me a rope. Those ropes are connections. They allow us to see that life exists beyond the little worlds we are currently a part of.

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.

Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own.

I knew there were a lot of friends out there, and I wanted to be with them.

Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about.

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

Whether it's a kid in high school who doesn't have any friends and finds friends in my characters, or a guy in Afghanistan, who's trying to forget what he did that day, and trying not to think about what he's gotta do tomorrow... I give them a little bit of an escape.

The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation.

When I was growing up, my mother, who had been through a lot of terrible things in life, taught me that when life is tough your instinct is to close your heart. But if you can accept what happened and reach out to someone, there will always be someone less fortunate, or someone that can bring a solution and help your life.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

I'm perpetually lonely.

Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.

The town, the team, it's a family. That has helped. For some people who have had to deal with some of the problems I have had to deal with don't have football as an out.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.