The Alone Time Quotes

“Art is never more than a reflection of an artist’s twisted mind.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“Isn’t all art an exploitation of a hurt, a trauma, an unresolved fear?”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“I can’t shake the old fears of being left with nothing, alone, abandoned to the elements.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“If you love something, you let it go; if it doesn’t return to you, then it was never yours to begin with.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“Wetness streams down my face: rain—no, tears. All-consuming emotion that comes to those who share their entire selves for months on end, just to see one breath of life inhaled by a tiny face.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“The creative adult is the child who survived.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“People say they want a family, but rarely are the real consequences for the woman part of that discussion.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“I yearn for a better quality of life—I fear the cost of it in the same breath.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“Janet was always my guiding light, even if I ignored it from time to time. Without her, without the stability I never received from my neglectful parents, the success I yearned for in the military, or the recognition I feel owed in my current job as regional director of mall security, the world seems off-balance. It’s only been a matter of hours, but the moon has dulled—smudged at the edges.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“if you get knocked down, make sure you get back up.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“Somewhere along the line they started to hate each other—or, maybe, at a certain point and intensity, love and hate in a relationship become blurred when extremes are at hand.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“I’ll never be more than one of the girl-survivors, and I’ll never be allowed to work through my trauma on my own terms, via my sculptures. All they or I will ever be is an object of fascination and fear.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“It’s a strange turn of events, to hawk the sculptures that I first created as a form of catharsis—of dealing with what happened—as commodities to be collected and valued at top dollar.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“I hope to meet a man one day who doesn’t think loving someone means having ownership over all her thoughts.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“The creative adult is the child who survived. —Unknown”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time

“After a certain level of trauma is reached, the only choice we have is to either feel the pain in all its depth and depravity or choose numbness—ice to assuage the heat.”
― Elle Marr, The Alone Time