I Was Never Broken Quotes

“I couldn’t imagine living in a cycle of never feeling good enough and always living in fear of the unknown.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Love yourself enough so you won’t lose yourself trying to be enough for someone else.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Many won’t know how to love you and it’s not your job to teach them. Many will treat you like you’re hard to love because they can’t love themselves and it’s not your fault. Many will destroy all the good left in you, or try because they can’t seem to find the good in themselves. Their insecurities aren’t your responsibility to soothe. Many will mistreat you and blame you for their mistake because they know they don’t deserve you. It’s not up to you to save them, save yourself instead.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Happiness is indulging in your desires without having shame.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Those who loved me because of me, not for their need.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Too many times people don’t ask to be saved, but we extend our superpowers for as long as we can until we’re the ones in need of saving.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Love isn’t an excuse to fight for a connection that isn’t healthy for you. Love isn’t sacrificing everything that brings bliss to fill someone else up with that same happiness.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“You’re not obligated to keep opening the door for those who closed it on you and left you behind.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“MY CONDOLENCES”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“People are allowed to walk away from you, they’re entitled to their own journey, and if you’re no longer a part of the story that’s okay.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“My light, you envied. It threatened you because you feared never knowing what you’d become. If you’d make it out of your darkness, if you’d ever be enough. I sympathize, I do but the cost was too high. I loved you, but at the expense of sacrificing myself, I’d rather pay my dues than lose myself saving you. I wasn’t your healer, I was your friend I wasn’t your savior, I was your lover I could only do and give so much.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Please come whole if you plan to love me I don’t have what it takes, to build a home that’s fitting for us two. That’s not love.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“I deserve someone who brings me peace, someone who feels like home to me.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“I deserve someone who doesn’t mix pain with love and creates an unhealthy environment to grow; someone who can flourish with me.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Continued patterns of lust that are confused with love.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Don’t hide who you are from anyone. Don’t dim yourself to be loved. Don’t change who you are to be accepted. Love yourself the same way you give love to everyone. The most important thing, live while you have the chance. Don’t have any regrets—only lessons learned.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Self-love is validating yourself in the absence of everyone who couldn’t appreciate you.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Self-love begins as soon as you choose yourself. It starts when you leave behind the life you wanted that wasn’t yours and embrace the life that’s awaiting you.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“When they showed up, they brought themselves to the table but didn’t bring inspiration, support, or growth. They didn’t believe they needed to bring anything more than themselves; because it was the love I was looking for, and they were right; but as I grew I learned it wasn’t just about love,”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Celebrating myself more. Giving myself the flowers I deserve, I’m not waiting for anyone to show up and make me deserving of them. I nurture my own. I heal my soul. I know I’m worthy enough. I won’t wait for anyone to validate me.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“I was afraid of the fantasy. I was afraid I could be loved the way I always wanted to be, but this time around I didn’t think I was deserving enough to be. What if I hurt them? What if I couldn’t be enough?”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“I’m a lover and a healer, I care too much about making sure everyone is comfortable, loved, and understood. I let the emotions of everyone impact me. I need to learn not to let their projections ruin me. I need to learn I can love them without trying to fix them.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“NOTE TO SELF: Don’t make excuses for people who hurt you. The story played out how it did, even if it was something deeper within them, you didn’t deserve to be dragged through hell. You shouldn’t be punished because you loved someone who couldn’t appreciate themselves.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“Nurture your heart and heal the parts of you before you let someone close. Meet your demons, it’s not fair to anyone to fall in love with a work in progress when they deserve someone ready to embrace them. Someone who won’t hurt them. You deserve that too.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“I believed the broken deserve a home too.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“SELF-LOVE It’s a beautiful thing— to love who you are and not give that love up. It’s a beautiful thing— to give yourself the same effort you pour into everyone else.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“How do I know to respect your silence if you don’t tell me you need time? How do I know everything will be okay if all you do is act as if nothing happened? Silence can kill a lot of things, especially when communication stays absent.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“it wasn’t until I started to believe I deserved better, better started forming. It wasn’t until I spoke to myself with kindness… I was treated with grace.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“If you put in the work you will always find a way.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3

“I’m someone worth loving. I’m someone worth remembering.”
― Sara Sheehan, I Was Never Broken: Volume 3