Cult: A Love Story: Ten Years Inside a Canadian Cult and the Subsequent Long Road of Recovery

obedience-and-authority

• Self-appointed gurus like Limori become skilled at knowing exactly what temperature each person needs to be cooking at to provide her with the greatest element of power.

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• I was well trained from ten years of over-ruling these treasonous thoughts and feelings. I voiced none of it. 'No,' I said, quietly, 'I don't have any questions.'

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• 'I'm not allowed to hug you.' My energy was so dark and devilish that if I touched Michael I would contaminate them, the same as if covered in tar.

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trauma-and-survival

• I had lost so much that made me who I was: beliefs, people, including myself. To have my values stripped away was like living without skin.

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• I stewed in my own pain. I said nothing and attempted to choke down toast, but could barely swallow for fear, grief and confusion, and stifled unacknowledged outrage.

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self-and-identity

• The connection between us had such depth and resonance that every time our eyes met I felt a sizzle of recognition and peace. It was like having my soul walk outside my body.

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