Quotes by Sarah McLachlan

“We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.”

“I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide.”

“Deep within I'm shaken by the violence of existing for only you...”

“Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult.”

“I spent a lot of years on the road, and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. I've had the same friends f...”

“I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me tel...”

“I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.”

“We are in an age of technology where we sit in our little cubicles and we IM each other and Skype each other and never connect as human beings.”

“Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.”

“Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore.”

“There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others.”

“It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing.”

“Trying to force creativity is never good.”

“It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live.”

“Crouching down inside a deep ravine,Those angry cries pass quickly by, he can't be seen.So many ways spent hiding in so many undone plans;Forgetting what it's like to fight when no one understands.”

“You're always waiting on the tide,It's time you decide.I've walked down long roads that seem to have no end at all.You never wanted time to end,To let my life offend.”

“In the desert of my dreams I saw you there;And I'm walking towards the water steaming body cold and bare.But your words cut loose the fire and you left my soul to bleed.And the pain that's in your ...”

“Open the doors that lead on in to EdenDon't want no cheap disguise.I follow the signs marked back to the beginning,No more compromise.”

“I knew you wanted to tell me;In your voice there was something wrong.But if you would turn your face away from me,You cannot tell me you're so strong.Just let me ask of you one small thing.As we ha...”

“Don't tell me I haven't been good to you.Don't tell me I have never been there for you.Don't tell me whyNothing is good enough.”