“All emotions, even those that are suppressed and unexpressed, have physical effects. Unexpressed emotions tend to stay in the body like small… — Marilyn Van M. Derbur Copy Share Image
“A true survivor is someone who, after 12+ years of being schooled, remains independent in their thinking.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves. — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors. — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
On my season of 'Survivor,' the tribes were split: a tribe of men versus a tribe of women. Even though the women… — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur is sexy... for those who haven't done it. In reality it's gritty, tough work where you will be filled… — Mark Suster Copy Share Image
Helping survivors of residential schools in Canada is not the same as the UN sending in peacekeepers to prevent the genocide in… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
“Some alters are what Dr Ross describes in Multiple Personality Disorder as 'fragments', which are 'relatively limited psychic states that express only… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Secrets are truths that show what we’ve been through—what we’ve survived.” — Dannika Dark Copy Share Image
children may need challenges and high-risk conditions in order to develop the self-generated immunity to trauma that characterizes survivors. To be tested… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Suicide is a whispered word, inappropriate for polite company. Family and friends often pretend they do not hear the word's dread sound… — Earl A Grollman Copy Share Image
“Other personalities are created to handle new traumas, their existence usually occurring one at a time. Each has a singular purpose and… — Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
“Having DID is, for many people, a very lonely thing. If this book reaches some people whose experiences resonate with mine and… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
“They like to use those fancy words. They don't like to say “raped,'” he said. “They say “misdeed,' “inappropriate touching,' “mistake.' That's… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“Jephthah called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors. — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
“After all, life is a voyage, and you cannot start out this voyage all over once more. You need to be in… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
I don't look at her like she's a bad girl. She just misunderstood sometime, she's a little troubled, she's a little dysfunctional.… — Aida Turturro 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
