The Lost Girls Quotes

“Life is tough, but I’m tougher. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“No one should ever have to see their mom crumpled up in a corner on the floor the way I did so many times.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“Meanwhile, a plan had slowly been forming in Ariel Castro’s head. He had decided to kidnap a young girl and imprison her as his sex slave, to satisfy his lustful cravings. Since Nilda and his children had left, he had become obsessed with sadomasochistic sex and humiliation. His sexual fantasies had become darker and darker and his basement was now full of hard-core S-and-M sex videos.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“Never give up hope, because miracles do happen.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls

“I can forgive him for what he’s done wrong because that’s the way of life.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls

“Anyone that damaged doesn’t have a handle on what they need.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“We certainly hope that an entire family is not judged over the actions of one person.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“We become bonded to the person who aggresses against us,” said Dr. Ochberg. “And that’s the Stockholm syndrome.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“He dreaded the sound of his father’s car in the driveway at night, knowing he would have to protect his mother, and probably be beaten in the process.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“People who are abused keep quiet,” he said, “so I did.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“Too many kids these days come up missing,” he said, “and we always ask the question, ‘How come I didn’t see what happened to that kid?’ Why? Because we chose not to. Get up early in the morning. Go out walking with your dog. Do something while these kids are going to school. Because I thought that this problem that has happened to me, and this joyous day that I got my daughter back, would never happen to my family. But it came knocking on that door.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

“He’s never coming out except nailed in a box or in an ash can,” he said. “He is not stepping out.”
― John Glatt, The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus