226 Quotes About Survivors

In the case of child abuse, the ‘false memory’ narrative provided a façade of scientific justification for the appealing belief that child abuse was not as serious as victimized children and adults would suggest.

Risk arrestRunPlay a children's gameHire a sitterLift baggageOpen doorsOpen a windowOpen your mindExpand your patienceFeel peaceCause excitementKiss the children

Warm someone's cheekWhisper CaressKiss for 10 seconds, or more, or for the rest of your lifeBe thereLoveLongBelongBe loyalBe loveBe with someone alwaysBelong to yourself

The survivors by and large went on with their lives.Three of them committed suicide.An unknown number found their way to alcohol and drugs.None were unscathed.But most found a way to survive, as they had for so long alone. They rediscovered their families; they attended school and church; they attended counseling sessions. They walked through shopping malls in wonder. They were occasionally seen to break down crying in the middle of a grocery store.

If she were a broken girl whose life was a wreck and would never be the same, their vigor for her story would simply be unacceptable. They couldn't allow themselves to be so attracted to her narrative if it ended any way but beautifully.

If the people who said they loved you abused or neglected you, it can feel terrifying to love again…Commitment or love with a family feeling can be scarier still. The child in you still equates commitment with being locked into a situation where there’s no escape. So as you get closer, you may become paralyzed by all your old defenses & memories.

We laughed the laugh of women untethered, finally, from their origins.

Nice Girl Syndrome: Nice girls suffer from "the disease to please" - they put their needs behind everyone else's.

Grains of sand will only flow with the winds, Kenton, never against them.