From Scars to Stars Quotes

“Darling,
don’t chase closeness
that costs your peace.

Let go of friendships, family ties, or
past chapters
that weigh heavy on your heart.

choose calm over conflict
and freedom over familiarity.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“I will guard my peace
like I would tender a garden,
letting in only what nourishes the soil”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“in the in-between
God met me
where the old me faded
and the new me trembled
and slowly i realized
home is not a place
but a heart held by Him
and by those i love”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“some nights

grief and gratitude

share the same room

but God teaches me

that both can belong
In a healing heart

as long as i keep walking

toward Him”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“i used to pluck petals from a single flower, whispering questions i was too afraid to ask. he loves me. he loves me not. over and over, hoping the last petal would tell me what i needed to hear. hoping that if i wished hard enough, i knew love would find me. but the petals fell; i was disappointed, but relieved that there was a garden full of other flowers to try again.

then i met you, and i think of us in reverse. at ten, i hold the flower you gave me. at nine, you pull the first petal. at eight, i wish for things to get better. at seven, you promise they will. at six, i start to doubt. at five, i feel the distance between us grow. at four, i realize i'm the only one holding on. at three, i whisper you love me not. at two, i wait for you to prove it wrong. at one, i let the stem slip from my fingers and walked away.

i am relieved, and disappointed-in the end, i wonder, after all this time, if you ever wished for me the way i wished for you.

you were the one flower i begged the petals to answer differently.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“prayer does not always save us
from the storm
it can give us courage
to stand within it

not only a connection
but a communion
with something bigger
than ourselves

it is not only reaching
but also resting
in His presence
letting ourselves be held”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“I am the second choice,
maybe no choice at all—
a leftover, not worth picking up,
lost in the spaces between
what I wanted to be
and who I thought I was.

Then depression came
tried to silence me,
but the love of God
spoke louder-
louder than the lies
I once believed about myself.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“She thought she was teaching her child about God, but God was using her child to teach her about love.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“Faith doesn’t erase the storm; it teaches you to dance in the rain until the sun returns.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“God does not always calm the sea — sometimes He teaches her to sail.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“I know what it is
to be hated, rejected, betrayed
but I also know what it is
to be chosen, loved, redeemed
my story is not what they did to me
my story is what He did for me"

- Marjory Qwen”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars