Her Silence Quotes

“People in abusive relationships often feel that the mental abuse is worse than the physical. It slowly drives them mad. Quietly. Day by day. Until they started questioning their own thoughts. Their own memories. The abuse takes their self-esteem away first. Then the inner flame. That flame inside all of us that keeps us upright and warms us from within. The part that lets you love others. And love yourself. Destroyed by some worthless piece of shit.”
― S.T. Ashman, Her Silence

“Just because my body isn’t with you doesn’t mean my heart and soul left too. I’m right here. And I always will be.”
― S.T. Ashman, Her Silence

“Everything your mom ever did was for you. When she died, she had only one wish. That in her next life, she could be your mom again.”
― S.T. Ashman, Her Silence

“You see, the trauma I’ve been through in life didn’t kill me. But it changed me, I guess. It created an ice-cold corner deep inside my heart. One that surfaces when my loved ones are in danger.”
― S.T. Ashman, Her Silence

“These kids were killing me. But I loved them so freaking much it hurt in my chest. Literally. I always felt like a bad mom. For every time I’d yelled. For the small 1,300-square-foot house I had to offer. And the burned-out mom living in it.”
― S.T. Ashman, Her Silence