Find Me There Quotes

“i see them.
the ones trying to rush
you through your grief.
the ones on the sidelines cheering
faster, faster. you're almost there.
little do they know
there is no finish line.
little do they know the reason
they can't look you in the face
is because you remind them that
life isn't fair and death isn't either.
you are proof that a person can walk around with a gaping heart-sized hole in their chest.
your tears are evidence that nightmares are real
and sitting in that pain with you is too much.
they aren't cheering. they are begging.
faster, faster.”
― Sara Rian, Find Me There

“i see the ghost
of every version of you
that you didn't live long enough
to become”
― Sara Rian, Find Me There

“i have not healed.
or even finished surviving.
i am still no good at grieving
and i have not forgiven death.
i am no success story.
i just choose to talk about it.
the way loss tortures us.
the way it makes us scared.
and furious. and confused.
and guilty. so damn guilty.
but how it also makes us love.
how we push past death and time
and continue to adore them.
how we fight the shame and taboos
no matter how badly our knuckles bleed because grief has been silenced too long.
you will still find me in the trenches.
i am the one holding out my hand.”
― Sara Rian, Find Me There

“your love is not measured
by how many breaths they took.
if they took any at all.
it does not matter
how long you had them.
a minute or a century.
love is not measured by time.
and your grief will not be either.”
― Sara Rian, Find Me There