​"You know, so well, so very well your childhood legacy, that particular inherited sense of hurt given to you so freely by the world you entered. It's a beautiful and disturbing question to ask yourself:  What if the way I was hurt is ultimately the way I will give my gift to other people?" - David Whyte

"You know, the body's hesitation at the invitation to undo everything others seemed to want to make you learn."

"The edge of maturity in which we start to work with the wound is around the understanding of the way that same wound was inflicted on the person who gave it to me."  - David Whyte

It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes who we are and How to End the Cycle - Mark Wolyn