Survivor Quotes Quotes

“You are not the darkness you endured.
You are the light that refused to surrender.”
― John Mark Green

“Beautiful creatures
cannot be confined
Her wings will grow,
she'll find the sky.”
― Christy Ann Martine

“Life has not been able to break me and it will not break you. Stand tall for you are loved, you are enough, you are able, and in the end we will survive.”
― Donna G. Bourgeois, Life with Ollie: The story of an only child of a single narcissistic parent

“Life has tried to break me,
the wounds have not yet healed.
But I am not a victim,
never been and never will.
My heart was born a warrior,
each day I'm fighting still.
I am everything
the darkness could not kill.”
― John Mark Green

“I am everything the darkness could not kill.”
― John Mark Green

“I have so much knowledge tucked away about how to protect yourself, for even if you are an empath full of peace and love, you sometimes have to become a warrior, for often it is a fight between the darkness and the light. I think if you saw me today, you would not see the scars but a caring, loving person.”
― Donna G. Bourgeois, Life with Ollie: The story of an only child of a single narcissistic parent

“You didn't build me. So, you will not destroy me.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“You can take her to any place in the world, she will survive. A woman of faith can handle any situation, because external environments do not determine her survival. She depends upon the Celestial Power of God.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“Betrayal is very sour. Moreso when the one you've been trusting turns out to be the one you should be fearing.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“You're healing through your pain. You're healing inspite of those who have misused your vulnerability. The piece of your vulnerability that they used to gain social points is the only part of you that they could ever have. The rest of the system belongs to you. And, hereon, you are in full control of its direction. Go on, and heal.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“How do survivors feel? Relieved and grateful, perhaps. As excited about their saved life as if it were a gift that the rustling fingers feverishly unwrap from its packaging on Christmas morning and whatever is underneath: you are happy. This is how it should be when you have survived the worst. Far from the crippling horror we were feeling.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, Tomorrow death died out: What if the future were past?

“I Once Didn’t Speak Up and Today I Don’t Shut Up”
― Pamela Brescia, Nobody Asked: My Memoir

“I will fight forever,
for my life, for my freedom,
for every bit of light
left in this dark world.”
― Christy Ann Martine

“[...] survivors like that, well, they understood better than anyone how to get back on their feet.”
― Rachel Barenbaum, A Bend in the Stars

“You can't break an old soul.”
― Mitta Xinindlu