67 Quotes by Barbara Nickless

The problem with trauma is that it opens up a world of the possible you wish you'd never known about.

Home is where you stand on the front porch and wonder which would be worse. To go inside. Or to walk away.

But I am broken, Nik. Broken bad.

Justice," I said, "What it means if justice.

Before the bomb hits, there comes a shriek that splits your soul.

We always say live for today and don't waste time worrying about tomorrow. But what keeps us up at night is knowing that tomorrow is roaring down on us like a tsunami, and a lot of us don't know how to swim.

What fools we mortals are to think that the plans we make are anything more than a soap bubble blown against a hurricane, a frail and fleeting wish destined to burst.

Wisdom is earned trench by trench, street by street, from one battle line to the next.

God teaches forgiveness. But he first cleaned house.