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Elizabeth Smart

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Total quotes: 3

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Elizabeth Smart

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Birthday: November 3, 1987

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Educated At: Brigham Young University

Nationality: United States Of America

Religion: The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints

Total quotes: 3

“People need to realize there is nothing that can detract from your worth. When it comes to rape and sexual violence and abuse, that can never detract from who you are.”

— Elizabeth Smart, Elizabeth Smart Is Standing Up for Rape Victims—And Tearing Down Purity Culture | Broadly

Tagged: Purity Culture

“Sleep tries to seduce me by promising a more reasonable tomorrow.”

— Elizabeth Smart, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

Tagged: Sleep, Tomorrows

“A lot of victims or survivors, they want to go back to being normal. I just wanted to be treated normal. I didn't want special exceptions. I didn't want people to be scared to be my friend to avoid me because they don't know how I'm going to react. I always felt, like, Jeez, I survived nine months of hell, I hardly think that something you're going to say to me is going to break me.”

— Elizabeth Smart, Elizabeth Smart Is Standing Up for Rape Victims—And Tearing Down Purity Culture | Broadly

Tagged: Survivor, Life After Abuse

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