Bianca Bowers Quotes

In the end, it was the secrets that held me hostage and fuelled my depression, but, once released, emancipation - from fear, shame, guilt and judgement - was finally possible.

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Secure your dreams for they are the wings of your soul, and, when vulnerable, flight is inconceivable.

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When I discarded the idea that God was not a man (as I had been raised to think and believe without question), I grew distant, and the flame that once lit my path began to flicker and hiss like a candle burnt to its wick, making longevity impossible without a new energy source.

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My hand-stitched wings itch
to take flight
to test the winds of change
that inevitably blow
at the end
of a cycle.

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Death is the great disruptor; it thrusts us opposite life’s mirror, invites our truthful exploration, and reveals the naked truth; from which rebirth is possible and we are free to reinvent ourselves anew.

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I was lost in a void of perpetual darkness. Disconnected from myself. Turned inside out. No sign of life. Eventually, the darkness was my light and the void a haven – a quiet place where I could nurse my secret and lick my wounds.

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Those who nurse secrets, nurse a chaotic world of amplified silence.

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Sometimes you have to cross the boundaries of Death in order to discover the meaning of Life.

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The loss of innocence is inevitable, but the death of innocence disturbs the natural order. The death of innocence causes an imbalance and initiates an internal war that manifests differently in each individual, but almost always includes anger, withdrawal and severe depression.

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