The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One Quotes

“do you
ever
find
yourself
nostalgic
for
the life
you never
got to
have?”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“becoming
your
own
savior
sometimes
means
knowing
when
you
need to
ask for
help.

- therapy session no. 1”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“you are sad now. you are not sad forever.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“&
so
she did
what any
rational woman
would do—
ever so calmly,
she reached out
& she tore
the stars
apart.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“When
our villains
win,
do not fret,
just
rewrite
the story.
- mother knows best II”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“do you
ever
find
yourself
nostalgic
for
the person
you never
got to
be?”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“be stronger than the villains. be every storybook heroine come to life.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“the only thing i can do is learn to live with the idea that i will never be cured. i will always be in the process of healing.
- making the most of it.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“Cages are still cages,
even when they're designed to look just like castles.
- illusionist”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“be
victorious
in
everything
you do.
disturb the gods,
if that's what
it takes.
& maybe
especially then.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“you are so much more than the rippling fallacies
your reflection whispers to you.
those demons that lurk beneath the surface
do not know you
even though they pretend to.
and someday,
though it feels impossible,
you will see yourself as i do.
when time has finally finished healing your scars,
your siren call will scream 'I AM GOOD ENOUGH!'
and even your bewitching smile will shine through.
but until that day, the day you are okay, just keep singing yourself to sleep.
And eventually, your monsters will stop haunting you.
- trust me.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“be
stronger
than the
villains.
be every
storybook
heroine
come to life.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“i watched
you watching me
wane. now, you have
no fucking choice
other than to
watch me

- become full.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“you are sad now.
you are not sad forever.
there are no paved roads
to healing.
you must build one
brick by brick.
there will be backtracks before breakthroughs but-
you must collapse
into yourself
before rebuilding.
you must unearth
every wound
before learning the power of salt.
you will build that yellow brick road-
in your own time and
on your own terms.
- the grit of healing.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“at
this point,
staying
with you
is nothing
more
than
muscle
memory.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“Most stories don't have a clear, defined message.
they aren't supposed to.
we must take
the good
with the bad
with the grey
& decide what we
want to do with it all.
- i'm still alive & therefore so is hope.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“The further along i come,
the more i'm beginning to realize that
maybe- just maybe- there is such a thing as fate. as destiny.
if after everything, i'm still breathing, then there must be a reason. even if i haven't seen it yet.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“i don't write
what i write to hurt you.
- i write what i write to heal me.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“Maybe
i'm not
the book you
dog-ear &
keep with you always,"
te girl murmured,
pulling her
sleeves
over her
hands.
"maybe
i'm the book
you forget
to bookmark
& leave
on the train."
- shrinking violets like us.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“sometimes you heal up & sometimes you
stick out at strange angles
forever..... like an elaborate self-
portrait
drawn by a six year old & so what? you are
learning what it means to be
the only one
of yourself”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“star light, star bright, first star i see tonight; i wish i may, i wish i might flee my skin for but a night. - bibliophile.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“the night may fall,
but i will always remain.
- i'm my own sunset.
the dawn may break,
but i will always reign.
- i'm my own sunrise.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“Today,
i love the way i look in my sundress & it's not because someone else convinced me to.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“i tucked my story into the folds of silence in order to put other people at ease.
- no more.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“when
our villains
win,
do not fret.
just
rewrite
the story.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“the
first person
who touched me
was not my
first.

- i’m deciding my firsts from now on.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“When you've walked on daggers your entire life, you don't even know how to trust the softness of sand between your toes.
-but you need to try anyway.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“the reason they tell us we cannot have it all is because they fear we will become even more dangerous than we are, & we are already such forces to be reckoned with.
- open up the wardrobe & step inside.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“yesterday,
they were angry scarlet gashes.
today,
they are quietly fading hairlines.
tomorrow,
tomorrow-
- you'll just have to wait around & see.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“i'm no longer searching for reasons or explanations for the past.
i'm only searching for breadcrumbs leading to more breadcrumbs that will, with any luck, eventually lead me down the path i've been looking for this whole time.
- homeward.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One