“I felt like I needed to comfort both the little girl inside me and my mother, assuring them that neither of them… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
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“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.” — Assunta Harris Copy Share Image
“John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“I now think that was distanced me from Tricia and from the Rape Crisis Center was their use of generalities. I did… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“Imagine the message that sent to my sister and me. A cousin violates us, confesses, and walks away with barely a slap… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“He had said of me, ‘You are fated to be life’s passive participant,’ but I wrestled fate to the ground and suffocated… — Craig Froman Copy Share Image
“It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.” — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“The terror takes you. The cage is locked and the curtain drawn. Fingers dance along as blades, carving memories into your flesh… — Amanda Steele Copy Share Image
“A while ago?” Anaxantis asked. “Yes, he raped me a while ago. Exactly nine months and two days ago. What's that? Nine… — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
“If we are taken all together, we might muster some courage, but from the previous evidence it is likely that we will… — O'Brien Edna Copy Share Image
“Stephanie had been raped, beaten and left for dead on the Atlantic City Boardwalk several times. You'd think she would have hit… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
“No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Here, from her ashes you lay. A broken girl so lost in despondency that you know that even if she does find… — Amanda Steele Copy Share Image
“You're a survivor because everyday you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has… — Assunta Harris Copy Share Image
“Everyone heals in their own time and in their own way. The path isn't always a straight line, and you don't need… — Zeke Thomas Copy Share Image
“Even the nurses in the hospital had told me now I had nothing to fear. 'The worst is over for you,' they… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“A nightmare has taken hold of my body. Lunacy has dug its way inside my mind.” — Amanda Steele Copy Share Image
“She felt it every night; a familiar pain in her loin, a gasp of air, the numbness and the nauseousness, the rapid… — Anonymous1234 Copy Share Image
“He tore off her pajamas. She wasn't out with a fresh face of makeup with her hair done or a short dress,… — Anonymous1234 Copy Share Image
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