Quotes by : Ellen Bass

Healing was a terrifying and painful experience and my life was as full of struggle and heartache as....

This choreography of ruin, the world breakinglike glass under a microscope,the way it doesn’t crack....

If you’ve managed to do one good thing,the ocean doesn’t care.But when Newton’s applefell toward....

As survivors, we’ve been conditioned to be victims sexually. Many of us have never learned to say no....

To heal from child sexual abuse you must believe that you were a victim, that the abuse really did take....

Deciding to actively heal is terrifying because it means opening up to hope. For many survivors, hope....

the dolphins stitch sky to sea.

... it is possible to heal. It is even possible to thrive. Thriving means more than just an alleviation....

People don’t need to be forced to grow. All we need is favorable circumstances: respect, love, honesty,....

So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important....