“I should know better than anyone--you can't tell who a person is just from his looks.” — Cheryl Rainfield Abduction Copy Share Image
I know you're upset, I know you're scared, but don't walk away. — Cheryl Rainfield Inspiration Copy Share Image
“You don't deserve the anger you're turning on yourself. Your abuser's the one who does.” — Cheryl Rainfield Anger Copy Share Image
I hate my body Hate what it remembers. Hate what it let him do. — Cheryl Rainfield Body Copy Share Image
“If I want to get out of here, I have to be the one to save myself.” — Cheryl Rainfield Abduction Copy Share Image
You can see when someone's been hurt the way I was. It's obvious. Something changes in their eyes; pain becomes their center,… — Cheryl Rainfield Been hurt Copy Share Image
“You can see when someone's been hurt like I was. It's obvious. Something changes in their eyes; pain becomes their center, even… — Cheryl Rainfield Eyes Copy Share Image
“When some people in the crowd act shocked or repulsed, Diamond calmly tells them her scars are part of her past, part… — Cheryl Rainfield Scar Copy Share Image
And I'm still alive. That's what I have to focus on. Because I want to live. Even now I can't let myself… — Cheryl Rainfield Alive Copy Share Image
My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be… — Cheryl Rainfield Harm Copy Share Image
If I don’t do what feels right to me, what I need and want to do, then am I really living? — Cheryl Rainfield Feels Copy Share Image
“I know I'm not to blame for what he did. And I know, too, that I am strong inside--stronger than I ever… — Cheryl Rainfield Abduction Copy Share Image
“When something that’s a part of you causes you so much pain–pain others inflict–you obsess about it.” — Cheryl Rainfield Copy Share Image
I think you've got to get out whatever's hurting you through your art, so it doesn't twist you up inside. — Cheryl Rainfield Art Copy Share Image
I was focused before - obsessed, really - with the appearance of perfection. But what did that ever bring me but pain?… — Cheryl Rainfield Appearance Copy Share Image
In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism… — Cheryl Rainfield Alcoholism Copy Share Image
The lack of human voices really gets to me. I never realized that we need to talk with other people just to… — Cheryl Rainfield Caverns Copy Share Image
