“The wounded recognized the wounded.”
― Rising Tides
― Rising Tides
“But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave another scar. No one will see it. No one will know. But it will be there. And eventually all of the scars will have scars, and that's all I'll be--one big scar of a love gone wrong.”
― But I Love Him
― But I Love Him
“Abuse manipulates and twists a child’s natural sense of trust and love. Her innocent feelings are belittled or mocked and she learns to ignore her feelings. She can’t afford to feel the full range of feelings in her body while she’s being abused—pain, outrage, hate, vengeance, confusion, arousal. So she short-circuits them and goes numb. For many children, any expression of feelings, even a single tear, is cause for more severe abuse. Again, the only recourse is to shut down. Feelings go underground.”
― Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child
― Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child
“I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
“If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.”
― Hamlet
― Hamlet
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