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Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir QUOTES

Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir QUOTES

1 " My mom called Grandma today and told her we would no longer be attending family parties. My mom told her we have had enough of being blamed for something Brian did and everyone brushing it off like it was no big deal. "

― Erin Merryn , Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir

2 " I thought when the abuse stopped I could move on with my life. Instead I am still running from Brian. The only difference is now I am running from him in my dreams. "

― Erin Merryn , Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir

3 " We live in a society where sexual abuse is not a topic to speak about. With the recent media coverage of the Catholic priests, it has put a lot of attention on the matter and opened the eyes of many. It is time people take a hard look at what our world is coming to. "

― Erin Merryn , Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir

4 " By the time you put this book down, you will get an in-depth look at my personal journey and how I have become the person I am today. In the time it took you to read this forward, another person became an innocent victim of sexual abuse. "

― Erin Merryn , Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir

5 " I just realized that my grandparents and my relatives are in denial and can’t accept the fact that a sexual perpetrator is in the family. Someday they will learn the truth. "

― Erin Merryn , Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir

6 " Brian, this letter is probably coming as a complete surprise to you, but I didn’t feel I should warn you since you never warned me when you were going to use my body for own damn pleasures. When I look at you, I see nothing but scum. I don’t know how you live with yourself after the crime you committed over and over again. "

― Erin Merryn , Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir

7 " You have left a permanent scar on my life that can never be erased. It has been years, but I still wake up at night with nightmares running from you. "

― Erin Merryn , Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir

8 " A twelve-year-old should be opening presents and singing Christmas songs, not praying to God that her cousin wouldn’t lay a hand on her. "

― Erin Merryn , Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir