Pattie Mallette Nowhere But Up Quotes & Sayings

To my abusers: I forgive you. — Pattie Mallette

Those who are hardest to love need it the most — Pattie Mallette

Oh my God ... YOU are real.
Oh my God ... You ARE real.
OH MY GOD ... You are REAL!
Oh my God ... You're really real! — Pattie Mallette

At 3, I played an innocent game of doctor, minus the stethoscope and medicine bag. — Pattie Mallette

Those that are the hardest to love, need it the most. — Pattie Mallette

For the most part, each day listed a different rendition of "Justin ate well" and "Justin took a great nap". Every now and then they noted Justin doing unusual things, like biting. I was embarrassed to read "Justin is biting his friends again" or "Justin did better with biting and only bit one boy". Other than that, though, my son was a pretty happy-go-lucky kid. — Pattie Mallette

My son is not a public figure to me, he is my son. I can't predict what's going to be in the headlines. Justin has always been someone who has to do things his way. And I have to be able to believe he will do the right thing and he will come out on top. — Pattie Mallette

One fleece down, one to go. — Pattie Mallette

My dad abandoned me when I was about two years old. So, he wasn't around to protect me the way I needed to be protected. I started getting sexually abused from the time I was about five years old to the time I was ten. It really messed with my sense of self worth and my sense of all that was good with the world, almost. — Pattie Mallette

My spiritual high naturally dissipated. At some point you've got to come out of the clouds and live real life. Again, it's just like falling in love. The feeling of euphoria is only temporary. — Pattie Mallette

Sometimes God makes you wait, Pattie. And then wait some more. And sometimes even right at the last minute, He makes you wait just a little bit longer until He comes through. It's how you learn to trust in Him. — Pattie Mallette

I think it's hard for any parent to see anything negative said or done against your child and, when you can't directly do something about it, it's hard. — Pattie Mallette

Go to the beginning. — Pattie Mallette

I really want to help people. I really want to give somebody that hope that they need to keep going. — Pattie Mallette

One day I was 17 years old and I ended up trying to commit suicide and I ended up in the hospital. As a teenager, that was a really scary thing. — Pattie Mallette

I went through a lot of abuse and a lot of really difficult things growing up - depression, anxiety, attempted suicide. — Pattie Mallette

I know some people need counseling but not everyone can afford it. — Pattie Mallette

No matter what projects I'm taking on, I want to (do) things to help other people. — Pattie Mallette

When you hit rock bottom, you have nowhere to go but up. — Pattie Mallette

It's hard to be vulnerable in front of the whole world because everyone's a critic. — Pattie Mallette

By the time I got to the phone and dialed John's number, I was out of breath with excitement. "You are not going to believe this," I blurted out.
"What's the matter?" Hr sounded concerned.
"Are you sitting down?"
"Yeah, sure, Pattie. What's wrong?" God only knows what John was thinking at this point.
"GOD IS REAL!" I practically shouted in his ear. I waited for John to react in a dramatic way, almost disbelieving way. I expected him to say, "No way! C'mon! Get out of town!" After all, I thought I was telling him something he didn't already know, something that would turn his world upside down like it did mine. — Pattie Mallette

Getting into my teen years, I was filled with so much shame and pain that I got really involved with drugs and alcohol. I was hanging out with the wrong people and getting involved in the wrong relationships and everything just sort of spun out of control. — Pattie Mallette

When you get knocked down you get knocked down in Round 1 of life, there's Round 2. — Pattie Mallette