“Other times, I look at my scars and see something else: a girl who was trying to cope with something horrible that she should never have had to live through at all. My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.”
“You can see when someone's been hurt the way I was. It's obvious. Something changes in their eyes; pain becomes their center, even when they try to hide it.”
“You don't deserve the anger you're turning on yourself. Your abuser's the one who does.”
“I think you've got to get out whatever's hurting you through your art, so it doesn't twist you up inside.”
“I know you're upset, I know you're scared, but don't walk away.”
“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 try to hide it.”
“Self-Injury Awareness Day is on March 1, worldwide.”
“Shit. I hated her already, and we hadn’t even met.”
“Those prancing little pants-wetters come here to learn the colorful and gentlemanly art of fencing, with its many sporting limitations and its proscriptions against dishonorable engagements. You on the other hand, you are going to learn how to kill men with a sword.”
“There is no escape if love is not there”
“Shoshanna, the first kibbutz in Palestine, seemed to be the long-awaited answer for Zionism.”
“Light always underestimates the viciousness of Darkness”
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