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Trauma Quotes

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

"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

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"As Jess watched in numb horror, the man tore a page from the book and stuffed it into his mouth."

"As Jess watched in numb horror, the man tore a page from the book and stuffed it into his mouth."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Trauma, Horror, Fear, Emotion, Violence

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

"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

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"My slurred speech isn't from one or nine drinks too many, it's from my father."

"My slurred speech isn't from one or nine drinks too many, it's from my father."

Kris Kidd, American Writer

Trauma, Family, Speech, Pain, Identity

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"A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort."

"A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort."

Gillian Flynn, American Author

Trauma, Childhood, Harm, Poison

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"Women formed from black smoke come to me at night and they scream for me to not cut their throats or twist those tiny necks. They beg and cry. Then right at the moment when I can't take anymore, I rush up to them, slashing at the smoke with my hands. Do they go away? Never. They turn into familiar faces."

"Women formed from black smoke come to me at night and they scream for me to not cut their throats or twist those tiny necks. They beg and cry. Then right at the moment when I can't take anymore, I rush up to them, slashing at the smoke with my hands. Do they go away? Never. They turn into familiar faces."

Kenya Wright, American Author

Trauma, Fear, Nightmare, Memory

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"His abusemakes her an anvilwithout spark."

"His abusemakes her an anvilwithout spark."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Trauma, Abuse, Pain, Suffering, Darkness

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"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 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

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

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

H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist

Trauma, Horror, Memory, Fear

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"No, I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I don't think you can."

"No, I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I don't think you can."

Laurie Halse Anderson, American Author

Trauma, Fear, Family, Pain

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"Meredith's father, the composer, who shot himself in this house. Came all the way from Vienna to shoot himself in LA. Escaped the Nazis but not himself."

"Meredith's father, the composer, who shot himself in this house. Came all the way from Vienna to shoot himself in LA. Escaped the Nazis but not himself."

Janet Fitch, American Author

Trauma, History, Sorrow, Loss

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"Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I'll wake up with sweat drenching my chest and think it's the blood and muck I was covered in that night."

"Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I'll wake up with sweat drenching my chest and think it's the blood and muck I was covered in that night."

Shannon A. Thompson, American Author

Trauma, Memory, Emotion, Stress

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"My traumatic experience was life changing."

"My traumatic experience was life changing."

Asa Don Brown, Canadian Author

Trauma, Change, Experience, Life

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"The old Amy, the girl of the big laugh and the easy ways, literally shed herself, a pile of skin and soul on the floor, and stepped this new, brittle, bitter Amy ... a razor-wire knot daring me to unloop her, and I was not up to the job with my thick, numb, nervous fingers. Country fingers. Flyover fingers untrained in the intricate, dangerous work of 'solving Amy'. When I'd hold up the bloody stumps, she'd sigh and turn to her secret mental notebooks on which she tallied all my deficiencies, forever noting disappointments, frailties, shortcomings."

"The old Amy, the girl of the big laugh and the easy ways, literally shed herself, a pile of skin and soul on the floor, and stepped this new, brittle, bitter Amy ... a razor-wire knot daring me to unloop her, and I was not up to the job with my thick, numb, nervous fingers. Country fingers. Flyover fingers untrained in the intricate, dangerous work of 'solving Amy'. When I'd hold up the bloody stumps, she'd sigh and turn to her secret mental notebooks on which she tallied all my deficiencies, forever noting disappointments, frailties, shortcomings."

Gillian Flynn, American Author

Trauma, Pain, Change, Identity, Healing

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