Been hurt Quote by Cheryl Rainfield

If I don’t do what feels right to me, what I need and want to do, then am I really living?

— Cheryl Rainfield

“You can see when someone's been hurt like I was. It's obvious. Something changes in their eyes; pain becomes their center, even when they…

— Cheryl Rainfield

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 give up.…

— Cheryl Rainfield

I know you're upset, I know you're scared, but don't walk away.

— Cheryl Rainfield

“When some people in the crowd act shocked or repulsed, Diamond calmly tells them her scars are part of her past, part of what…

— Cheryl Rainfield

“You don't deserve the anger you're turning on yourself. Your abuser's the one who does.”

— Cheryl Rainfield

“I should know better than anyone--you can't tell who a person is just from his looks.”

— Cheryl Rainfield

“If I want to get out of here, I have to be the one to save myself.”

— Cheryl Rainfield

I hate my body Hate what it remembers. Hate what it let him do.

— Cheryl Rainfield

In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism or self-destructive…

— Cheryl Rainfield

The lack of human voices really gets to me. I never realized that we need to talk with other people just to know that…

— Cheryl Rainfield

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