Sherri

“the false innocence
you render for them
by censoring truth
protects only you”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“We should teach our girls that snapping is ok, instead of waiting for someone else to break them.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“Rape wounds deeply, splits open
your core with shrapnel.
The stench of the injury attracts maggots
which hatch into clouds of doubt and self-loathing
the dirt you feel inside you nourishes
anxiety, depression, and shame
poisoning your blood, festering
in your brain until you will do anything to stop
feeling the darkness rising within
anything
to stop feeling–

untreated pain
is a cancer of the soul
that can kill you”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“She'd felt like a survivor. Now she wondered at all the ways surviving could change a person....”
― Natalie C. Parker, Seafire