Samantha Shannon Quotes

Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

Once she'd been a victim- helpless, used, and broken. Now, she was a warrior.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

The people of New Orleans have gotten to rock bottom. And the only way out in my mind is for them to really understand it, and then to really choose to get better.

It was Jesus who gave me peace when the shark severed my arm. I trust in Jesus whenever I'm going through a hard time. I see all the beautiful things that have come out of my situation. I'm able to share my story with young girls who have few role models, and I can help others cope with what they have been through.

We do not invest in victims, we invest in survivors.

Turn your scars into stars.

A lot of songs are empowering because everybody who has been through a hard time in a relationship or in their lives can relate to it.

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.

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

At the end of 'Next to Normal,' you can see the light. 'There will be light.' That's the reason the show exists. Those are the last four words.

I am a big believer in life in this fact: Scars are a very beautiful thing.

I always tell my story because I want others who have felt broken to know they can make it.

Not a day goes past when I don't think how grateful I am I survived, that I recovered and that I feel like a young woman again.

Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.

Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine. If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line. Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try. And we know that time has wings, So we're the ones who have to fly.

Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

Words empower us, move us beyond our suffering, and set us free.

In the valley of sorrow, spread your wings.

If you allow yourself, you can become stronger in the very places that you've been broken.