Where the Wildflowers Grow Quotes

“It's easy to get lost in surviving. But to live is to be conscious. To walk through a field of flowers and stop to feel the softness of each petal, to inhale the perfume of each blossom.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“But I’ve learned you can hold joy and grief at the same time. Even under the worst conditions, flowers will bloom where they are planted. Love is the why behind every heartbeat, every breath. And there are no crimes, no pain beyond love.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Sometimes what remains unspoken is as profound as what is said.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Grief is, in part, a receipt of love that you hold on to. Proof that love existed and that it endures.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“When you’re surviving, you’re running on autopilot, never quite tasting the sweetness of the journey. But when you’re living, you’re feeling each heartbeat. Life is a gift.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“I've learned that our past insists on coming back, whether we want it or not. But that doesn't mean it has to dictate who we are now.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Embrace the discomfort; it’s a sign that you are alive.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Joy is simple”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“I don’t know if anyone has ever told you that it’s okay not to be okay. You don’t need to explain why. You can be unhappy; you just can’t stay there.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“I know is, there are places where your soul connects and your spirit relaxes, whether you know it or not, understand it or not. I was supposed to be there.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“To Whom Much Is Given Much Is Required.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“She was bitten by love, or attention, and its venom proved to be more powerful than ambition.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Later, I would return to this moment and be amazed at the stillness and calm I exhibited. Later, I would come to know that I should have been scared. But that level of fear wasn’t where I could reach it. I had lived through too many storms to be bothered by the rain.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Later, I would return to this moment and be amazed at the stillness and calm I exhibited. Later, I would come to know that I should have been scared. But that level of fear wasn’t where I could reach it. I had lived through too”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“grief is, in part, a receipt of love that you hold on to. Proof that love existed and that it endures. Death and life are not opposites; they are the same side of the same coin tossed by the same hand. Death is not always the end, just a fresh set of tomorrows. And I will always be grateful for what my two lives afforded me.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“strength is not always measured in muscle or endurance but in the grace with which we face the end.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“learned that grief is, in part, a receipt of love that you hold on to. Proof that love existed and that it endures. Death and life are not opposites; they are the same side of the same coin tossed by the same hand. Death is not always the end, just a fresh set of tomorrows.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“You are more than the sum of your struggles. And your worth is not defined by the battles you’ve fought, the pain you’ve endured, or the scars you carry.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“I told you that we are shaped and molded by those who came before us, even if those molds are broken. But I’ve learned that they do not define us. We have the ability to shape our own lives, to mold our own destinies from the clay of our own experiences.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Grief is tricky, especially in our case, because of how things ended with our mothers. We never got closure. But you have to make your peace with her and what happened.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“We are”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Because in the end, love is defined not just by what we say but in the acts of sacrifice we offer willingly for those we hold dear.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“The quilts were so much more than fabric and thread—they were his family”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“There was passion. There was lust. There was love. And then there was this.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Only it was not just a kiss. It was a promise that I was safe with him”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“I saw you in the field”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“You’ve changed. This place does that to people. This is where the wildflowers grow.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“Jackson and I had lived our entire lives not knowing the other existed on Earth”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“But maybe it’s scary because it’s what you’re supposed to do.”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

“You know…when I first saw you”
― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow