Shhh… Don’t Say It Quotes

“Freeze is not a weakness. Fawn is not surrendering.”
― Rita Kay, Shhh… Don’t Say It: A Memoir in Fragments on Trauma, Abuse, CPTSD, and Healing

“Shadows stretch across the room. Silence hums. All wait for the first ray of dawn.”
― Rita Kay, Shhh… Don’t Say It: A Memoir in Fragments on Trauma, Abuse, CPTSD, and Healing

“I didn’t ask for the sword. But I’ve carried it this far.”
― Rita Kay, Shhh… Don’t Say It: A Memoir in Fragments on Trauma, Abuse, CPTSD, and Healing

“Denial wrestled with knowledge and won. Panic ricocheted against numbness.”
― Rita Kay, Shhh… Don’t Say It: A Memoir in Fragments on Trauma, Abuse, CPTSD, and Healing

“I folded myself into a quiet shape, one that wouldn’t rip your peace or challenge your version of love.”
― Rita Kay, Shhh… Don’t Say It: A Memoir in Fragments on Trauma, Abuse, CPTSD, and Healing

“I become whole. A mosaic, not of muses, but belonging to me.”
― Rita Kay, Shhh… Don’t Say It: A Memoir in Fragments on Trauma, Abuse, CPTSD, and Healing