Safe places Quotes

“I understand the logic behind removing toxic people from one’s life. But I also understand that many who are “toxic” are acting out of a painful past… and that to marginalize someone who’s not known much love is to validate that they don’t matter. To live in the world we desire – a world of good people, safe places – requires less fence-building and more heart-building. It requires valuing the worth of all people and loving the hurt as much as possible.”

“I am tired of safe places, and roofs, and walls around me.”

“Why do you put yourself in unsafe places? Because something in you feels fundamentally devoid of worth.”

“He longed for a world where safe places for the weak and vulnerable were common, but that was not this world. Not right now.”

“We all have our safe places, where none are invited. They are lonely rooms full of the musk of memory. Sanctuary rather than adventure.”