Courtney Peppernell

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most.

Pillow Thoughts

Hana 

“That’s the thing about people who are soft. Everyone else thinks they can walk all over them as though they won’t notice. But we do; we notice everything.”

“Change is not going to sit you down and ask if you are ready. Change is not going to knock on your door and hand you notice. Change is not going to hug you in the middle of the night and tell you it can wait. Change does not wait. Change doesn’t care if you aren’t ready. It will happen anyway. Change is not always the friend you may want, but it will always know when you need it.

“The days will not stop, they will come for you. As easily as the moon lights the night sky and the sun rises, the days will come. So you must have courage, dear friend, courage in your heart to do all that must be done.”

“When you are wounded, sometimes it’s best to retreat and heal. But do not stay hidden for too long, because all wounds need air.”

But the world is exhausted, and the only wealth we have left is love.

Emma Wolfe

Of all the tragedies on this earth, there is none more tragic than a person who cannot see their worth.

I keep wondering how sad do I have to be for someone to stop insisting everything is going to be fine?

People should fall in love more. Fall in love with the way your coffee swirls as soon as you pour the milk in. Fall in love with the look your dog gives you when you wake up. Fall in love with the rare moment when your cat doesn't ignore you. Fall in love with the person who tells you to have a good day. Fall in love with the waiter who gives you extra chili fries. Fall in love with sweaters in winter and cold lemonade in summer. Fall in love with the moment your head hits the pillow. Fall in love with talking to someone until 4 a.m. Fall in love with the days you can hit the snooze button over and over again. Fall in love when a lover stares at you for five hours. Fall in love with the stars when they look at you. Fall in love with the sound of someone breathing. Fall in love with the bus if it's on time or the train if it comes early. Fall in love with everything possible.

Mal 

You didn’t have to say anything that night; you did everything with your body and your eyes. The way you sat next to me, you were close enough to reach but too far to touch. And your eyes, those eyes that once said you’d love me forever, now spilled tears that this wasn’t worth the fight anymore. 

Following the smash success of her best-selling book, Pillow Thoughts, Courtney Peppernell now returns with the follow-up sequel Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart. Peppernell understands that healing is a process, and Pillow Thoughts II eloquently captures the time and experience that one goes through on their journey to peace through restoration. A collection of inspirational and comforting poems for anyone who is mending from a broken heart.

Healing the Heart

Pillow Thoughts II

Rina

booklover69

Was cute had good messages in it and was short easy to read. 

The final installment in this bestselling series completes the journey that Courtney Peppernell began with Pillow Thoughts. With 600,000 copies sold across the series, Pillow Thoughts continues to inspire all who dip into Courtney's encouraging words. Self-healing is the theme of the entire Pillow Thoughts series. While books II and III focus on healing the heart and mind, respectively, Pillow Thoughts IV offers a balm for healing the soul. Have a cup of tea and let yourself feel.

Stitching the Soul

Pillow Thoughts IV

Repetitive elements and style limited my engagement with this collection, only finding one poem impactful. Mirrored my experience with the author's earlier works.

Liana

This book really got in my heart. It really made me cry cause Its so relatble.

Gwenifer

Jazelle H

As always, Courtney Peppernell spills her ink into soothing reminders of how much a heart can endure, heal from, yearn for, and ultimately, love for. Thank you for sharing these poems and the heartbeats within them.

Loéva 

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. Make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.

Sofia Nunes

“But the world is exhausted, and the only wealth we have left is love.”

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love and raw emotions. It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. Make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.

dija

I always struggle with rating a poetry book but here you go,

zombxing

Very few of these were hits, a lot were misses

sharkie

I loved some of these poems, but sadly some weren’t for me.

Panda Ä

mars

some of these poems were exactly what i needed to hear lately, im glad i read it

Paula Reed

"It is said that artists paint portraits of the ones they love. Well, writers do it too."

In a voice that is inclusive and open to all, Courtney Peppernell presents a tribute to her readers in the third installment of her bestselling Pillow Thoughts series. A beautifully raw and poignant collection of poetry and prose, Pillow Thoughts III continues the series from poet Courtney Peppernell. Fix yourself a warm drink and settle into Peppernell's words as she pens a tribute to her readers who are bravely continuing their journey from hurt to healing.

Mending the Mind

Pillow Thoughts III

"Words look different on pages than in your mind. On pages, they sit quietly, waiting to be read. But inside your head, they're screaming, angry, hurting, bleeding red." 


"My mind repeats all the mistakes I’ve made, like a bad movie reminding me of all the things that cause me so much doubt.
There are things that go wrong in my life, like a roller coaster that twists and bends. People say that this is just how life goes. But too often I am wondering if maybe it’s just me. Too often I am thinking about how often my doubt shows."

High Fidelity

Ima par mudrih,ali sve njanjavo. Svakako preporuka.

3.5/5 stars.

So some context: this is the first book I've read after a very sad breakup and I think this did limit my enjoyment of it. The more positive poems I couldn't love as much as I normally might. Despite that this was still a lovely read and made me tear up a couple of times, I think I just loved Pillow Thoughts 1 more.

Irene Alegre

Read 50% of the compilation before DNF'ing. This is me trying to get into poetry, and I picked what I thought would be an entry level poetry collection to begin with. And it was fine. It was cute, easy to understand, quick to read. 

But nothing of what I read captured my attention. The poetry seemed juvenile (which I guess makes sense, as the poet keeps mentioning school and going to classes), and the idealisation of romantic relationships and what should be expected of them made me feel a bit uneasy. 

Maybe I'm too old for this, maybe I would have enjoyed them back when I was 18. But I'm not 18 anymore.

katie

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Maggie Gordon

Every time I think I've found the worst poetry book imaginable, I stumble across another that makes me rethink my "don't trash books" philosophy. Pillow Thoughts is dreck. Mindless, self-congratulatory trash that, for a book written about a woman's love for another woman, oddly and unfortunately supports a bunch of disgusting heteronormative bullshit about one true love. You've probably had the thoughts that this author had at one point or another. They are pretty common feelings when one is young and unwise in love. Lots of them encourage wallowing in harmful emotions that don't help you get over anyone, suggest terrible expectations for romance, and are so utterly laden with teenage melodrama that never rises about the basest expressions of hurt feels. Poetry is meant to be art in words, yet Peppernell, aside from a few mangled metaphors, never uses her medium in a creative or artful manner. Simplicity can have a beauty of its own, but I want more than Twitter-style rambles. Also, what is with these modern books that are over 20o pages long, but all the poems are less than 4 lines. Ugg... skip this one.

Peppernell understands that healing is a process, and Pillow Thoughts II eloquently captures the time and experience that one goes through on their journey to peace through restoration. A collection of inspirational and comforting poems for anyone who is mending from a broken heart.

Ciara Janae ۵

“You have your whole life ahead of you, no matter what age you are. Fill it with things that make you get up in the morning. Fill it with people who support who you want to be.” — Definitely needed that because as I grow older I’m realizing, woah, it’s okay not to have a plan. I’m only almost 17 (on father’s day), & I’m trying to plan a big chunk of my life, a chunk that doesn’t even supposed to be “perfect” when it’ll turn out just fine naturally.

“It’s the last day of the year and I still lose myself in good books” That’s how i felt reading this amongst a lot more good things. It’s not only about love, but finding it within when you lack it. “Anxiety is a devastating thing. No matter how many times you are told to “breathe,” it feels as though the air has all but thinned, and despite every logical reason to remain calm, you feel like a ship without its sails in the middle of a raging storm.” I wish that anxiety was taken as serious as this quote.

Christobal Contreras

Indeed: 3,5 / 5 

There were several poems that I really loved, especially the ones about LDR. However, I felt the collection as if it was a retelling of the same old ideas about love, heartbreakings, etc., without adding something new or remarkable.

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