Caroline Darian > Quotes

“You always remember, down to the slightest detail, where you were and what you were just doing before.”
― Caroline Darian, I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning Our Family Trauma of Sexual Assault and Chemical Submission into a Collective Fight

“rapes don’t only happen in underground car parks or in dark alleys behind tower blocks. The vast majority are carried out within the victim’s immediate circle. Fathers, brothers, grandfathers, friends, and cousins commit rape. Husbands too.”
― Caroline Darian, I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning Our Family Trauma of Sexual Assault and Chemical Submission into a Collective Fight

“Whether or not female victims obtain competent, professional support and are put in touch with the organisations best equipped to help them shouldn’t be a lottery, a question of sheer luck or social standing. The way things are right now, it’s the victim who has to take the initiative, and all too often, help is inaccessible. We take the walking wounded and abandon them in front of an obstacle course.”
― Caroline Darian, I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning Our Family Trauma of Sexual Assault and Chemical Submission into a Collective Fight

“For while he's still alive, I may never be able to tell him, face to face, that he has ruined an huge portion of my life, extinguished a spark I had before, crushed underfoot the natural confidence I once had in men.”
― Caroline Darian, I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning Our Family Trauma of Sexual Assault and Chemical Submission into a Collective Fight