Quotes by B.G. Bowers, Death and Life

“When I discarded the idea that God was not a man (as I had been raised to think and believe without question), I grew distant, and the flame that once lit my path began to flicker and hiss like a c...”

“In the end, it was the secrets that held me hostage and fuelled my depression, but, once released, emancipation - from fear, shame, guilt and judgement - was finally possible.”

“I was lost in a void of perpetual darkness. Disconnected from myself. Turned inside out. No sign of life. Eventually, the darkness was my light and the void a haven a quiet place where I could nur...”

“When the door to suicide opens it becomes a viable option that you never considered before, but, once ajar, it initiates an invasion strategy. Day by day thoughts blacken under the occupation of th...”

“Those who nurse secrets, nurse a chaotic world of amplified silence.”

“The loss of innocence is inevitable, but the death of innocence disturbs the natural order. The death of innocence causes an imbalance and initiates an internal war that manifests differently in ea...”

“Sometimes you have to cross the boundaries of Death in order to discover the meaning of Life.”

“I walked to Mairangi Bay beach, day after day, seeking companionship in the roar of the ocean, and contemplating the shipwreck of my life. There, in that isolated wilderness, amidst the screaming g...”

“Life was a bloody battlefield until I conquered the enemy and won the war. Now, life is a journey, and I am a warrior. Prepared for anything and weakened by nothing. There are hills and dales, moun...”

“My hand-stitched wings itchto take flightto test the winds of changethat inevitably blow at the end of a cycle.”

“I sometimes marvel at how far Ive come - blissful, even, in the knowledge that I am slowly becoming a well-evolved human being - only to have the illusion shattered by an episode of bad behaviour t...”

“Change blows through the branches of our existence. It fortifies the roots on which we stand, infuses crimson experience with autumn hues, dismantles Winters brittle leaves, and ushers Spring into ...”

“Survival depends on denial, and death comes swiftly to those who forsake it.”

“I have forsaken her for a place I will never belong, but will always remain under her spell, forever to be, a child of my motherland.”

“Death descended like a theatrical storm over the Drakensberg Mountains, stranding me while it ran its course.”

“There are those whose love awakens our own and those whose love undermines. As long as we are blind to this fact, true love will elude us.”

“I sometimes marvel at how far I’ve come - blissful, even, in the knowledge that I am slowly becoming a well-evolved human being - only to have the illusion shattered by an episode of bad behaviour ...”