Danny

“So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis”
― Ellen Bass, The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

“The house had an aura of acute emptiness—a home simply waiting for time to go by. Janet”
― Kendra Elliot, Hidden

“He was sure that people liked him because of the person he pretended to be.”
― Jennifer Jaynes, Never Smile at Strangers

“Tomorrow we’ll be back at the grindstone, and today was hell, but this evening is neither one nor the other.”
― Louise Voss, From the Cradle