Laurie Halse Anderson Quote

Rape wounds deeply, splits openyour core with shrapnel.The stench of the injury attracts maggotswhich hatch into clouds of doubt and self-loathingthe dirt you feel inside you nourishesanxiety, depression, and shamepoisoning your blood, festeringin your brain until you will do anything to stopfeeling the darkness rising withinanythingto stop feeling–untreated painis a cancer of the soulthat can kill you

Laurie Halse Anderson

Rape wounds deeply, splits openyour core with shrapnel.The stench of the injury attracts maggotswhich hatch into clouds of doubt and self-loathingthe dirt you feel inside you nourishesanxiety, depression, and shamepoisoning your blood, festeringin your brain until you will do anything to stopfeeling the darkness rising withinanythingto stop feeling–untreated painis a cancer of the soulthat can kill you

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