"I'm afraid it will never be perfect again. I am indelibly stained. Forever redefined, but blurred around the edges."

Trauma, Loss, Identity, Pain

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"I'm afraid it will never be perfect again. I am indelibly stained. Forever redefined, but blurred around the edges."

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"Because the past was always around her and might return at any time. It prowled the world searching for her, and she knew it was growing angrier at every passing day."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

Trauma, Past, Fear, Memory, Escape

"Have you ever experienced a shattering in your own personal life? Where death, divorce, financial loss, failure, or disaster changed your world to such an extent that you weren't sure how to rebuild again? Clearing the debris from the aftermath is a great first step. It enables you to start with a clean slate so you can rebuild exactly what you desire. Where can you begin?"

Susan C. Young, American Author

Trauma, Recovery, Life, Power, Inspirational

"But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Trauma, Family, Pain, Loss, Focus

"Her body was a prison, her mind was a prison. Her memories were a prison. The people she loved. She couldn't get away from the hurt of them. She could leave Eric, walk out of her apartment, walk forever if she liked, but she couldn't escape what really hurt. Tonight even the sky felt like a prison."

Ann Brashares, American Author

Trauma, Prison, Hurt, Memory, Isolation

"The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Trauma, Fear, Anxiety, Childhood, Memory

"The moment her hymen was plucked from her body in the wilderness, Her soul was taken from sanity."

Roman Payne, American Novelist

Trauma, Body, Madness, Soul

"My traumatic experience was life changing."

Asa Don Brown, Canadian Author

Trauma, Change, Experience, Life

"There are things that can be forgotten. And things that cannot - that sit on dusty shelves like stuffed birds with baleful, sideways staring eyes."

Arundhati Roy, Indian Novelist

Trauma, Memory, Past, Sorrow

"Ultimate horror often paralyses memory in a merciful way."

H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist

Trauma, Horror, Memory, Fear

"I wonder if anyone gets through childhood without being broken. I certainly did not."

Kiersten White, American Author

Trauma, Childhood, Resilience, Awareness

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"Sometimes,you don't wake up.But if you happento, you know thingswill never bethe same."

Awakening

"I love the way she feels inthe curve of my arm. I loveher unpretentious beauty,her intelligence, her nerve.But could I ever love her?The concept of falling in loveis completely foreign, somethingI can't bring myself to accept. Her hair pillows my cheek and her hand on my leg is warm. I care about you, Conner, and I hate to see you hurting. I want to respond but can'tfind the pretty words I need."

Affection

"I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?"

Mental Health

"So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone."

Anger

"Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet."

Memory

"I think it's easyto confuse love with other things.Lust, for one. Need, for another."

Love

"Aloneeverything changes.Some might call it distorted realitybut it's exactly the place I need to be."

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"Because the past was always around her and might return at any time. It prowled the world searching for her, and she knew it was growing angrier at every passing day."

"But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration."

"The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture."

"The moment her hymen was plucked from her body in the wilderness, Her soul was taken from sanity."

"My traumatic experience was life changing."

"There are things that can be forgotten. And things that cannot - that sit on dusty shelves like stuffed birds with baleful, sideways staring eyes."

"Ultimate horror often paralyses memory in a merciful way."

"I wonder if anyone gets through childhood without being broken. I certainly did not."

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"Sometimes,you don't wake up.But if you happento, you know thingswill never bethe same."

"I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?"

"So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone."

"Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit."

"Real love finds you once, if you're lucky."

"God wasn't love, couldn't be love. Because for me, love was a corpse."

"Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet."

"I think it's easyto confuse love with other things.Lust, for one. Need, for another."

"Aloneeverything changes.Some might call it distorted realitybut it's exactly the place I need to be."