Words that heal
Quotes
Words and images from the archive
Write what needs to be written.
The original quote collection paired words about writing, truth, and healing with photographs from the Hurt Help Heal archive.

“Healing yourself is connected with healing others”
Yoko Ono

“Start before you’re ready.”
Steven Pressfield

“Start by starting.”
Meryl Streep


“Tears are words that need to be written.”
Paulo Coelho

“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.”
Jules Renard

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
Ernest Hemingway

“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.”
Meryl Streep


“Tears are words that need to be written.”
Martin Luther

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
Anne Frank

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
Frank Herbert

“If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.”
George Gordon Byron


“A word after a word after a word is power.”
Margaret Atwood

“To survive, you must tell stories.”
Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before

“I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.”
Erica Jong

“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”
Neil Gaiman


“I hate writing, I love having written.”
Dorthy Parker

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”
Stephan King

“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”
Christopher Hitchens

“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”
Ray Bradbury
