Hummingbird Lane Quotes

“you have to hunt for yourself before you do anything else.” “Hunt? That’s a strange word,” Emma said. “Honey, we are hunting our whole lives. As women, we hunt for love. As artists, we hunt for inspiration. As people, we hunt for truth.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“The weight on Emma’s heart crumbled into tiny pieces. If Nancy had asked her how she felt, she would have said, “Like the darkness is gone.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“Surrender to the beauty of revealing yourself to yourself, and to the ones who saw you before you saw you.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“Love will put you face-to-face with endless obstacles. It will ask you to reveal the parts of yourself you tirelessly work at hiding. It will ask you to find compassion for yourself and receive what it is you are convinced you are not worthy of. Love will always demand more. Surrender to being seen and being loved. Surrender to the beauty of revealing yourself to yourself, and to the ones who saw you before you saw you.’ It was written by Vienna Pharaon, who is a therapist.” She took a drink of her beer and then went on, “We have faced obstacles. We have hidden parts of ourselves. We should give”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“you to reveal the parts of yourself you tirelessly work at hiding. It will ask you to find compassion for yourself and receive what it is you are convinced you are not worthy of. Love will always demand more. Surrender to being seen and being loved. Surrender to the beauty of revealing yourself to yourself, and to the ones who saw you before you saw you.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“Tears on the outside fall to the ground and are slowly washed away. Tears on the inside fall on the soul and stay and stay and stay,” Emma”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“Hope is the magic that heals hearts and souls,”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“You have to forgive her, Emma. Not for her sake. She doesn’t deserve it. But for your sake, so that you don’t become bitter like she is. I told her for years that she wasn’t doing the right thing by you, but she wouldn’t listen.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“May your life be filled with sunshine to warm your faces, laughter to feed your soul, and happiness every single day.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“Love—the real thing—was what she wanted. What is the real thing? the voice in her head asked. It’s trusting whoever you are in a relationship with to love you unconditionally even if you’re damaged, she answered.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“Accept who you are and be good at what you do.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“Love will put you face-to-face with endless obstacles. It will ask you to reveal the parts of yourself you tirelessly work at hiding. It will ask you to find compassion for yourself and receive what it is you are convinced you are not worthy of. Love will always demand more. Surrender to being seen and being loved. Surrender to the beauty of revealing yourself to yourself, and to the ones who saw you before you saw you.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane

“Grandpa, why am I like this?” he had asked. “If God made everyone just alike, the world would be a boring place, now wouldn’t it?” Grandpa had answered.”
― Carolyn Brown, Hummingbird Lane