Erin Merryn quotes

“The very first part in healing is shattering the silence,”
-- Erin Merryn

Source : Erin Merryn (2009). “Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness”, p.58, Health Communications, Inc.

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“As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.”
-- Erin Merryn

Source : Erin Merryn (2009). “Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness”, p.22, Health Communications, Inc.

#Abuse Quotes #Done Quotes #Complicated Quotes

“You can't change the past so change something you can. the future!”
-- Erin Merryn

#Past Quotes

“Believers in political faith-healing enjoy a supreme immunity from doubt.”

“You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.”

“I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.”

“And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.”

“But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.”

“This awake silence is available to anyone in this moment. All you have to do is stop using your mind to look for it. It doesn't know where to find it.”

“Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.”

“This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.”

“If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.”

Source : Song: Try Again, Album: I Care 4 U

“Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.”