Underneath the Sycamore Tree

by B. Celeste

Pain comes in countless forms. The worst is seeing what your suffering does to everyone around you.

Reality is ugly and painful and full of the kind of heartache that some books help you forget exist for a short period.

There are lots of quotes about time. Time is fleeting. Time is valuable. Time shouldn’t be wasted. The trouble with time is that we only think we have it. It’s an illusion—an excuse to linger in existence. Some people use it to be reckless; others use it to hold themselves back.

Time is a luxury we can’t all afford.

“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It just means that it can no longer control our lives.