Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth

⚡️ 9 Quotes from the book

“History is often rewritten to create heroes out of monsters. Or vice versa. The truth always comes to the surface, eventually.”

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“My mom always said there is no such thing as natural beauty—it takes at least an hour in front of a mirror—and you are more powerful if you are pretty.”

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“Freeing yourself is mandatory before you can help to free others.”

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“She told me that you get to have only one true love, and once you found it, whether you kept it or lost it, you’d never recover... Accepting that was the hardest part.”

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“I learned the importance of self-care. Breathing correctly, a healthy diet, and forcing myself to exercise. Meditation and prayer were lifesaving. And reading was an elemental way to process my feelings.”

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“Happy is only one emotion. All the other feelings are just as important, even sad, even yearning, surprised, disappointed. I promised them that when they were upset or heartbroken, they would feel joy again, but that they must first sit with those difficult feelings—don’t hide from them. Accept them, relish them, then let them go. Honor them.”

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“I turned to activism and poetry when I was hurting, to express myself, and to remind myself who I was. It helped me tremendously to be busy doing what I felt was meaningful.”

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“It would take a lifetime to understand another person. We all have complex, nuanced behaviors that make us who we are, or why we are. Acceptance is a better way to go.”

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“Forgiveness is our salvation. There is redemption in the wisdom that we should never be dependent on others for our own happiness. We cannot save another, we can only love them.”

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