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01Undated

This is for the kids who know that the worst kind of fear isn't the thing that makes you scream, but the one that steals your voice and keeps you silent.

Abby Norman / quote

02Undated

I saw the bruises, the burns, the cuts— I knew which ones had been done to you by someone you thought you could trust. Someone you thought loved you. I knew which ones you gave yourself.

Abby Norman / quote

03Undated

I was the problem and the solution.

Abby Norman / quote

04Undated

When I became too much myself, I had to change my life.

Abby Norman / quote

05Undated

The pain will always be in you — but you will not always be in pain.

Abby Norman / quote

06Undated

I loved you when I left you.

Abby Norman / quote