“The poor were born survivors, but their equity was bound to the land—dwelling, farm, animals.” — Isham Cook Copy Share Image
“Survivors learn early on that tears are a luxury for the protected.” — Elizabeth Isaacs Copy Share Image
“We survive. But when survival is the only goal, what do the survivors become? This” — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
“[...] survivors like that, well, they understood better than anyone how to get back on their feet.” — Rachel Barenbaum Copy Share Image
Women are not just victims; they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say? — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors. — Laurie Holden Copy Share Image
“Also, look for “floating alters.” These are not deliberately created parts of the system, but alters that were accidentally split off at… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Survivors are often incredibly aware and perceptive. What was born of necessity becomes a response that is gentle and understanding.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“You're a survivor. Each one of you. And survivors don't have the luxury of acting like regular people. We do what we… — Deanna Roy Copy Share Image
“Often feelings of shame, powerlessness, and self-hate are bottled up with the memories, and as the memories come through, these feelings do,… — Laura Davis Copy Share Image
Sometimes, Ms. Lane," he said, "one must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“Many survivors will work their way through the first stage of Despair, second stage of Education, third stage of Awakening, and find… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“We are survivors, in this age, so theories of progress ill become us, because we are intimately acquainted with the costs. To… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always… — Bob Paris Copy Share Image
There are a series of emotions that most survivors go through after disclosing. It starts with feeling great, like the weight on… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
“When survivors get to the point where the relationships are slowly killing them, we must talk about why they won’t choose their… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
But here, in the murk of conflagration, where scarcely a friend is left to know we, the survivors, do not flinch from… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
“I no longer look to my abusers with any expectation– of remorse, or apology or restitution or restoration or relationship. I’m at… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
I would never call myself a cancer survivor because I think it devalues those who do not survive. There's this whole mythology… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“The healing process is best described as a spiral. Survivors go through the stages once, sometimes many times; sometimes in one order,… — Laura Hough Copy Share Image
Did you ever notice how many survivors they have? Did you ever notice that? Everybody - every time you turn around, 15,000… — David Duke Copy Share Image
“In healthy development, trust evolves. How do we decide whether to trust? We share a feeling with someone and watch their reaction;… — E. Sue Blume Copy Share Image
“Several psychologists (L. Armstrong, 1994; Enns, McNeilly, Corkery, & Gilbert, 1995; Herman, 1992; McFarlane & van der Kolk, 1996; Pope & Brown,… — Rachel E. Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“I wish I could write their individual stories in the book of our lives with indelible ink, because we cannot compel the… — Hemley Boum Copy Share Image
“The themes that exercised the minds of survivor movements and their allies within the health and welfare professions generated a political project:… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“He might all the same do a little something for us. We’re on our backs, doesn’t He see?' 'I’m doing my best,… — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
“Survivors are damaged to different degrees by their experiences. This does not depend on what happened physically. A Survivor who has been… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“The result exactly fulfilled all the theoretical predictions. The land wasn’t properly worked; there were strikes in all the factories; the laws… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Mum was pregnant, then there was Sharron. [...] I wanted to keep him away from her - but for the wrong reasons.… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
![“[...] survivors like that, well, they understood better than anyone how to get back on their feet.” quote by Rachel Barenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/516/rachel-barenbaum-271006_bouncing-back_survivors-like-that-well-they-understood_1334832.jpg)
![“Mum was pregnant, then there was Sharron. [...] I wanted to keep him away from her - but for the wrong reasons. In my head he was mine, he was my special person but, of course, as I was getting older, his interest in me was waning anyway. I don't know whether it was because he had lost interest in…” quote by Laurie Matthew](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ca2/laurie-matthew-31209_abused_mum-was-pregnant-then-there-was-sharron_3212563.jpg)
![“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and personality of the person until they become as nothing... with no will of their own...no identity...then they... rebuild the person & shape their will in order to...try and make…” quote by Laurie Matthew](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f99/laurie-matthew-31209_abuse-sexual-abuse_in-a-nutshell-the-process-they-abusers-i_1534823.jpg)
