108 Quotes About Childhood-abuse
- Author Jeanne McElvaney
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Logic becomes a loud voice when the wall of our past abuse begin to crack with awareness. But that's our adult speaking. The child within, who had the experience, talks to us through flashes of insights.Trust your perceptions. They are a powerful guide in healing.
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- Author Jeanne McElvaney
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In the weeds of childhood sexual abuse, we are the sturdy flowers that kept reaching for a slip of sunshine and a trickle of water so we could grow into wildly beautiful, singular people. Together, we are creating a colorful bouquet that is changing the world.
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- Author Jeanne McElvaney
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So many moments of potential holiday joy got buried in the pain of our abuse. Now these days offer us a chance to give our inner child the gift of caring. Sometimes it's as simple as asking, "What do you want?" Most often the answer is a small thing.Be a Santa to your wounded child and feel the healing passed forward to you.
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- Author Jeanne McElvaney
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We can deny our experience, but our body remembers.
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- Author Sarah Blizzard
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If it's true that we are as sick as our secrets, we can have compassion for those who are unable to face them.
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- Author Sir P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
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God lives in the smile of a child, uncultured and uncivilized people live in the hands of a begging child
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- Author Nicky Verd
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Never give your children a childhood they'll need to heal from
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- Author V.C. Andrews
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Another year passed, much as the first did.
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- Author Matthew Quick
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And I know that your childhood wasn't all that great-that you felt a lot of pain,and that you are in a lot of pain right now. But maybe you have to go through all that so you'll learn just how important having a happy childhood can be, so you will provide one for our daughter.
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