Abuse-survivors Quote by John Mark Green Download Open image ““You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender.”” — John Mark Green ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abuse-survivors Darkness Domestic-violence-survivors Light Rape-survivor Survivor-quotes Survivors-of-abuse Survivors-of-sexual-abuse
“I am not the darkness I endured. I am the light that refused to surrender.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“How do you fight the darkness? You refuse to let it snuff out your light.” — Laura Thalassa Copy Share Image
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“A light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never overcome it.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I will fight forever, for my life, for my freedom, for every bit of light left in this dark world.” — Christy Ann Martine Copy Share Image
“The way our fingers intertwine feels so natural and right; as if our hands hold memories of meeting in a thousand other lifetimes.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“Your transformation will begin the moment you stop waiting for someone else to rescue you.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“I am not the darkness I endured. I am the light that refused to surrender.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Love is a bond that death cannot part. Gone from my arms, but still held in my heart.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“One by one she slew her fears, and then planted a flower garden over their graves.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“Your past pain is not a permanent prophecy. Your heart's fate isn't written in the scars.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“I must warn you dear reader, that in this story both wonderful and terrible events transpire. It is also the sort of tale in… — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“no recovery from trauma is possible without attending to issues of safety, care for the self, reparative connections to other human beings, and a… — Janina Fisher Copy Share Image
“I'm still not sure if I was a victim or not... and if I was, who was my abuser?” — Eskay Teel Copy Share Image
“In spite of the horror, in spite of the tragedy, in spite of the weeks of sleepless nights, I'm finally alive. I'm not pretending.… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
“Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“The more I focus my time and energy on withstanding a real life, I am able to overcome and come out victorious.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The capacity for dissociation enables the young child to exercise their innate life-sustaining need for attachment in spite of the fact that principal attachment… — Warwick Middleton Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons a survivor finds it so difficult to see herself as a victim is that she has been blamed repeatedly for… — Diane Langberg 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 won't "just… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Dissociated trauma memories don't reveal themselves like ordinary memories. Like pieces of a puzzle, they escape the primitive part of our brain where the… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“When you accept things as they are, you allow yourself to make choices, that will help create the change you seek.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“There came a time in my life when I had to admit to myself that I have some very clear narcissistic tendencies. Ironically, it… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image