Raptures Flynn Quotes & Sayings

: Their acts violated our trust. : The secrecy told us we were alone. : The shame swirling through our experience convinced us we didn't deserve the best for ourselves. : Our circumstances twisted our beliefs about what to expect out of life. : Surviving our unpredictable, disempowering childhood left little opportunity to explore our talents or creativity. It's been said, living through childhood sexual abuse is like living in a war zone. Each of us survived by doing the best we could. Now we have the opportunity to celebrate the child we were and all we did to reach this place in life when healing is possible. Now we get to update our information. And this will bring encouraging, empowering, joy-filled changes into our lives. Each time you go back into a memory, you have the opportunity to 'see' what you learned in that moment of trauma. When I was six-years old, playing with my doll with abandon that blocked out all other noise, I found — Jeanne McElvaney

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee? ... Was ever anything so civil? — Anthony Trollope

You can say anything, anything, if it is beautifully said. — Patricia Duncker

Air is beautiful, yet you cannot see it. It's soft, yet you cannot touch it. Air is a little like my brain. — Jean-Claude Van Damme

Fear is actually an acronym for Fuck Everything And Run. — Stephen King