Trail of Broken Wings Quotes

“Never depend on another person for your happiness. If someone had the authority to give, then he or she had the authority to take away.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“home is not a place or a lifestyle, but the state of your heart and all the people who take their place in it.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“When you give a piece of yourself to someone, count on them to hold it safe, you become vulnerable. You depend on them, but they may not be the person you expected, the one you were sure could carry you. Then the disappointment becomes a burden to bear. It is better to keep yourself at a distance, never getting too close.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“The past, no matter how definite, does not have the power to determine the future.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“But fear is a terrible thing. It paralyzes you with the expectation of the worst happening, never allowing room for something better, something that gives rather than takes away.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Everyone must reach a point in their life when they stop running. When it is easier to stand still than to keep being chased, even if the person chasing you is only in your head.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you meet a stranger who holds the piece of you that has been missing.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Some moments in your life you wish never happened; you would do anything to take them back. They make you realize you are not all-powerful. That there is a force stronger than you at work. In those moments, you fall to your knees and abdicate all sense of power. Offer your hand and ask for help. If you are lucky, you will feel the touch of something or someone to help you rise. If not, you stay kneeling, left all alone.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“a mother cannot give birth to a child and not lose a piece of herself. The child takes a part of the parent with them, holding it as their own. Whether it be their heart or soul, they are now connected for always.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Heroes are not born or created. They become so in the passing moments of life. When something or someone demands you be more than you have been, when you must put aside your own needs and what is best for you to fight for another, no matter the cost.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“What he did to you can never be undone. But don’t let it color your life. Don’t let his actions or his way of living become your truth.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“you cannot keep someone who has already left you behind.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Even though not every story ends with a happy ending or begins with tragedy, along the way there are moments of both. And those moments don’t define you or even break you— they are simply parts of the whole.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“With that knowledge comes her acceptance that to have the life she wants, she has to repaint the painting.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“I want to explain to her that loneliness isn’t remedied by people around me, that my loneliness is an integral part of me.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“The unknown is the hardest. Which might explain why we try so hard to rule our worlds. It is the only hope we have to make sense of our lives.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“One piece of knowledge had always eluded her, that life is not what happens to you, but what you make happen.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“But the core of the person, what makes them who they are, that never changes.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Heroes are not born or created. They become so in the passing moments of life.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“hindsight is a vicious thing. It mocks you with what should have been done. Teases with how things could still be. When left with ashes, you wonder how you could have prevented the fire.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Heroes are not born or created. They become so in the passing moments of life. When something or someone demands you be more than you have been, when you must put aside your own needs and what is best for you to fight for another, no matter the cost. The past, the day-to-day living becomes irrelevant. All that matters is that instant when the ticking of the clock is louder than an ocean’s wave hitting the rocks, when time does not stand still, but slows, every second longer than the last one. This is when the decision becomes the only thing you can hear and see. When the choice falls out of your hand and fate intervenes. When your life is no longer yours but conjoined with another’s, each dependent upon the other to survive and thrive.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“The reasons don’t matter . What’s done is done. Nothing can change the past.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Nothing is gained from getting too close to people. From sharing secrets, dreams, and hopes. When you give a piece of yourself to someone, count on them to hold it safe, you become vulnerable. You depend on them, but they may not be the person you expected, the one you were sure could carry you. Then the disappointment becomes a burden to bear. It is better to keep yourself at a distance, never getting too close.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“you cannot keep someone who has already left you behind. No matter what I needed or wanted,”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“It is a funny thing when you have believed the worst about yourself your entire life. No matter what anyone says, you are the strongest voice of opposition, insisting to anyone who will listen that they are wrong, that you really are worthless.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“It is always the strongest and best that suffer,” Nita says, clasping Ranee’s hand in her own. “As if God knows that you have strength the rest of us lack.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Peace became my motivation, and I did everything to maintain”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“Everyone must reach a point in their life when they stop running. When it is easier to stand still than to keep being chased, even if the person chasing you is only in your head. When”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“They went around the room, Marin murmuring “Grapes,” but offering no reason when it was her turn. But when another girl said pineapple, Marin paid attention, curious about the choice. “Because it’s prickly on the outside and impossible to cut through. But once you get to the fruit, it’s worth the trouble,” the girl explained. “So don’t always believe what you see.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings

“It’s impossible to give someone the world. You can show them glimpses of yours, hope they join you in it, but to give them the world means you have to be willing to give up your own.”
― Sejal Badani, Trail of Broken Wings