The Choice to Heal Quotes

“When your voice has been silenced for so long, speaking your truth feels like rebellion—and healing all at once.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle

“The hardest part wasn’t surviving the past—it was learning to believe I deserved peace in the present.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle

“Some wounds don’t bleed. They linger in silence, waiting to be seen and named.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle

“This is not just a story of survival. It’s the story of becoming who I was always meant to be.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle

“You can forgive without returning. You can heal without staying. You can love without losing yourself again.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle

“No one taught me how to love myself. I had to learn it in the silence they left behind.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle

“I used to think I needed their love to feel whole. Now I know: I only ever needed my own.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle

“I broke the cycle not because I was unbroken—but because I was brave enough to begin.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle

“Healing isn’t about forgetting. It’s about choosing yourself, every single day.”
― R.M. Carter, The Choice to Heal: A Memoir of Breaking the Cycle