Sloane Crosley Quotes

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

Anybody who has gone through a life-changing experience will tell you there is a different understanding of what is real and what is important, and when you are going through different moments, you can reflect and go, 'I have been through worse.'

When I reflect on the losses I've experienced, I've come to believe that those experiences were transformative, that they shaped who I am.

I'm always thankful for the stuff I went through and thankful for the people I've met, and I'm thankful even for some of the bad times because all of it helps get you to wherever you are in your life.

Our bad memories and our bad experiences are what make us who we are and what make us grow and allow us to learn, if we choose to see the lessons in those experiences.

We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

My first big heartbreak proved to me that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

I think in life everyone needs to be broken in some way.

I've become a pretty tough cookie after having a divorce. I think that I've persevered through a lot of talk.

When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.

Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

From time to time, I'll look back through the personal journals I've scribbled in throughout my life, the keepers of my raw thoughts and emotions. The words poured forth after my dad died, when I went through a divorce, and after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are so many what-ifs scribbled on those pages.

Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who I am.

I'm still me even after all that's happened.

Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.

And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me.

I've had to deal with my tragedies, and how you cope with them is what life's all about. You can choose to let them consume you or choose not to.

It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff.

People who come up through life or literature the hard way must inevitably carry their scars with them into composition.

I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.

There was always the next therapy appointment, next surgery, next college exam, but with time and deep thought, those evolved into life lessons, which then evolved into perspective.

The war made me stronger; it was a very hard time for me and my family. I don't want to drag that with me forever, but I don't want to forget about it, either.

Sometimes, you find peace through misery.

I get why we don't want to be in pain, but there's something very essential about what happens when we're in pain and some of the growth that can come from it if we stare at it straight in the face.