"Mother can beat me all she wants, but I havenâ€™t let her take away my will to somehow survive."

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Source : Dave Pelzer (1993). “A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive”, p.4, Health Communications, Inc.

Dave Pelzer

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“Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.”
“No club moves me from Chelsea until Chelsea wants me to move because I want to be where I am loved.”
“I am always impressed by the fact that even the tiniest amount of being listened to, the barest suggestion of the possibility of kind treatment, can bring such an immediate rush of emotion. I think this is because we are almost never really listened to. In my work as a psychologist, I am reminded every day of how infrequently we are heard, any of us, or our actions even marginally understood. And one of the ironies of my "listening profession" is its lesson that, in many ways, each of us ultimately remains a mystery to everyone else.”
“Free men do not forfeit their security, contrary to Bush's claim that we hate freedom. If so, then let him explain to us why we don't strike Sweden, for example.”
“If I'm having a challenging moment, I jump for joy. Literally. After a minute, I feel better, and after a few minutes, I'm really happy. Everything else just drops off. It gets me out of my head and into my body, and it makes me feel present. Everyone has challenges. But if you know your strengths and expand on them, youâ€™re going to radiate.”
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
“Unclog your mind. Unclog your room. Arrange your room in a way you wish your mind would be.”
“You know, it was important for me to do something like that, because nobody ever really thought I could do anything except look sexy on a poster and go shopping.”

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