“I don't the life of a thug. I live the life of a sinner.” — Jonathan Anthony Burkett Copy Share Image
I don't always burn my bridges, but when I do, I like there to be no survivors. — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
“On this violent, brutish little planet of ours, it’s the survivors who wind up the strongest ones of all.” — wildbow Copy Share Image
“You’ve already done the hardest part; you survived the trauma. You are much stronger than you think you are.” — Sarah Newman Copy Share Image
“When the survivors are gone we must not let the truth disappear with them. Please, give them a voice.” — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves. — Chris Bohjalian 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
“Things had gone badly at Hell House, although not quite as horribly as the '31 investigation. At least this time there were… — Nancy A. Collins 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
“It appears that DDNOS is the intentional goal of these abusers, but DID sometimes results from a failure of programming. In DDNOS,… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
The thing you see in survivors is that they express feelings - I won't say some of the things they tell their… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
To help break the cycle of domestic violence, we must allow survivors to take time off from work without fear of losing… — Lucille Roybal-Allard Copy Share Image
I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
From 1983 to 2000, William Goren stole more than $30 million from investors on Long Island and in Queens. His favorite targets… — Alex Berenson 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
“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
I didn't start Me Too as a hashtag, and had I had the opportunity to, I probably wouldn't have done it that… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
“By the time survivors are compelled to leave their psychologically abusive relationships, they do not see any other viable option but to… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
A full scale nuclear exchange, lasting less than 60 minutes...could wipe out more than 300 million Americans, Europeans, and Russians, as well… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“In Naples, there were kids who were just lost. You knew they were never going to get back to what they'd been,… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
With the children of Holocaust survivors, there is always a very close relationship. You grow with the sense that you are parenting… — Amira Hass 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
“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
“To take a specific example, a researcher in the Journal of Traumatic Stress interviewed 129 women with documented histories of child sexual… — Janet Walker Copy Share Image
It’s the leftover humans. The survivors. They’re the ones I can’t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Astrid looked at Lana, now leaning against the window, and Diana, lost in thought, and reminded herself that at times she had… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
“I missed her. I missed her more than I’d ever admit aloud, but she was gone now, and there was no changing… — Nicole Sobon Copy Share Image
“When there is inconsistency in belief and action (such as being violated by someone who is supposed to love you) our mind… — Rosenna Bakari Copy Share Image
“Somatic Symptoms: People with Complex PTSD often have medical unexplained physical symptoms such as abdominal pains, headaches, joint and muscle pain, stomach… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
