Damage Quote by Mary Oliver

One day I hope to open a shelter of my own. I think it's really important to share my own story with women who've…

— Christina Aguilera

As long as your abuser has you scared, you will stay in the cycle of abuse. Thinking of solutions helps you to escape.

— Roseanne Barr

“You’re a survivor of emotional abuse—and you can escape this trap. Just remain calm, patient, and always kind to yourself. Someday you will be…

— Jackson MacKenzie

Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.

— Adeline Yen Mah

“To survivors of sexual abuse, for bullying your demons in any manner you choose, and for accepting only the definition of therapy that works…

— Pam Godwin

Decide you can be better than your abuser, more self controlled, more positive.

— Senoraroy

I only wish that I had had the courage and the knowledge to have gotten that out of my system, out of my mind…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Hold on to your life and make it honest and brave.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

But through therapy I'm realising I'm allowed to be vulnerable. And I'm allowed to feel shy. And I'm allowed to feel private.

— Caroline Quentin

Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.

— Albert Ellis

Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I don't really know any other way than to be vulnerable or just be myself.

— Hannah Brown