Demand Quote by Lena Dunham

“Survivors' accounts reveal activities which are not only criminal but deliberately and brutally sadistic almost beyond belief.”

— Susan C. Van Benschoten

I'm a survivor. But I'm also victim, too. Surviving has the connotation that you've been through it, you lived through it and that's wonderful…

— Margaret Cho

“Be a Survivor, Not a Victim”

— J.L. Higgs

There's a reason survivors choose not to go to the police, and that's because they're treated as the criminals. The rapists are innocent until…

— Emma Sulkowicz

“Many Survivors blame themselves for the abuse and continue to feel responsible and guilty for anything bad that happens to them or to other…

— Carolyn Ainscough

“Victims”, by definition, are those that have just experienced a trauma of some sort. They are going through an entire array of emotions and…

— Melisa Mel

Survivors lived with their mistakes.

— Nora Roberts

One person's trauma is another's loss of innocence.

— Jodi Picoult

“Survivors who try to get help to protect themselves and their children are often seen as “hysterical, crazy, and unstable.” This is because the…

— Shannon Thomas

I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust yourself down…

— Patsy Kensit

“Survivors often get to a point in recovery where they can predict the responses of the toxic person.”

— Shannon Thomas

We've all been victims. We've all been perpetrators. And, so there is a group that is still experiencing that.

— Christine McCormick Day