Dianne Lake

“Memories fade, but trauma remembers. It is stored in your body, your senses, your synapses and cells.”
― Dianne Lake, Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties

“As I discovered that first day in his magic bus, when he focused his attention on you, he made you believe there was no one else in the world. He also had the uncanny sensibility bestowed upon mystics, yet misused by sociopaths and con men, to know exactly what you needed. Charlie knew what you were afraid of, and could paint a scenario that would use all those insights to his advantage—traits that I would see in equal parts over time.”
― Dianne Lake, Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties