Gatineau Map Quotes & Sayings

As survivors, we've been conditioned to be victims sexually. Many of us have never learned to say no or to set limits on our sexual activities ... To heal, it's important that we take control, that we make active choices concerning if, when, and how we want to explore sexuality. Especially in the beginning, you need to put your own needs about sex ahead of anyone else's. — Ellen Bass

You cannot deny the struggle; the struggle denies you. — Lori Jenessa Nelson

If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth. — Sydney Smith

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something. — Norah O'Donnell

Mediation and reconciliation work is about a profound quest for justice and social transformation. But at the same time, they are about service, solidarity, about exploring and rediscovering the human spirit that has been lost or shattered through human conflict, cruelty, ignorance and greed ... — Hizkias Assefa