Abuse-survivors Quote by Christy Ann Martine

“You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender.”

— John Mark Green

“Life has not been able to break me and it will not break you. Stand tall for you are loved, you are enough, you…

— Donna G. Bourgeois

“Life has tried to break me, the wounds have not yet healed. But I am not a victim, never been and never will. My…

— John Mark Green

“I will fight forever, for my life, for my freedom, for every bit of light left in this dark world.”

— Christy Ann Martine

You don't automatically sprout angel wings when you get to the other side - you grow them here.

— Suzanne Giesemann

Do not be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone, there is a lot of beautiful things waiting for you out here. If…

— Enhance Dreams

Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.

— Martha Graham

“It is as simple as that. Birds fly because they have wings and so when you can’t grow the wings, you can’t be called…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“A butterfly's wings grow because a caterpillar dared to believe it could fly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“... as a breath of wind or some echo rebounds from smooth, hard surfaces and returns to the source from which it issued, so…

— Plato

When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer…

— Kate Bernheimer

They say that shoulder blades are where your wings were, when you were an angel," she said. "They say they're where your wings will…

— David Almond