A Manual for Heartache Quotes

“This is a legacy of trauma: we spend so much time anticipating a new horror that we destroy the present.”
― Cathy Rentzenbrink, A Manual for Heartache

“Sometimes I'm complete and sometimes I'm scattered around in pieces.”
― Cathy Rentzenbrink, A Manual for Heartache

“I have a new respect for grief and a new respect for myself as a traveller in it. I used to be frightened of loving people because I thought I wouldn't survive losing them, but now I see that making friends with grief, accepting it as part of being human, will liberate me to love even more, and that the love is always worth it”
― Cathy Rentzenbrink, A Manual for Heartache

“All loss, from the untimely death of a loved one, through to the loss of innocence, all the way to having a bag stolen, feels as though it is specific to us, but is actually universal. I began to see that in sharing our suffering and acknowledging the pain of being human, we not only ease the burden on ourselves, but also help those around us to see themselves as part of the same whole.”
― Cathy Rentzenbrink, A Manual for Heartache

“The big question is, once you've experienced the grenade, once the guillotine has fallen, how do you live with the knowledge that it can happen again?”
― Cathy Rentzenbrink, A Manual for Heartache

“We don't need to be unbroken. Our first step is simply to stop trying to hide our scars. Heartache is human.”
― Cathy Rentzenbrink, A Manual for Heartache

“To stay sane, I need to maintain a faith in humanity and this is hard to do when staring at screens.”
― Cathy Rentzenbrink, A Manual for Heartache