19 quotes found
“You don't have to live with whatever life throws you--or whatever you've gotten yourself into...You can choose to Change Your Story!”
“Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, t...”
“Cutting down a wall, the wall sawyer could feel the tension in a home ease and something windy rush in circles round her feet. It was addictive, each a sweet victory of art. The tumbling motion of ...”
“She had her addictions and one of them was reading.”
“Entering the foyer, Royale already decided that he would thank Shake once more for being by his side at Keenas recital. But she stunned him by eagerly waiting for him just like old timeson her knee...”
“Victoria was so wrong about me. I expected them to put me first, above everyone else.I am selfish. I am weak. I am bad.And I need Jasper. I need him like I need air to breathe. Nosomehow, that clic...”
“Promises from Lo are like bars at 2 a.m.--empty.”
“It's the soul that's starving, not the body”
“You know how some people develop addictions to manage their overwhelming emotions? Some people become alcoholics, coke fiends, potheads, pill-poppers, over-eaters, sex addicts or meth-heads. Well, ...”
“How could I have never told anyone what He had done for me? Nothing else had worked. Nothing had been able to break the chains that kept me living on the edge. Nothing....except the gentleness of H...”
“The easiest thing is to say no. What's not so easy is telling yourself to stop.”
“Most of our addictions [shopping, food, bad relationships] as women flare up when we feel that we are not loved or sought after.”
“The idea of sin being able to deceive us, suppressing truth so that we believe a lie, should send shivers down our spines. It is one thing to deceive other people. That is scary enough. It is even ...”
“You mean something like truth or dare? I havent played that in a long time. She didnt think he would ever get himself entangled in a game like that, but it was addictive, a compromising icebreaker ...”
“It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour.”
“Unfortunately, the escape became the trap.”
“You mean something like ‘truth or dare’? I haven’t played that in a long time.” She didn’t think he would ever get himself entangled in a game like that, but it was addictive, a compromising icebre...”
