QUOTES
"I met my mother for the first time when I was in my 30s, and it was sad because too much time had passed, and it was hard to make a connection."—Aunty Maria Starsevik, taken aged two.
"I didn't see my mother again until I was 35.—Brian Morley, taken aged two.
"Too much water had passed under the bridge. We became mother and daughter years too late."
"Many boys were told that their mother or their father (quite often both) was dead, when in fact they were alive. Being told this news caused many to suffer severe depression… Some boys lost all hope and just wanted to die."—Bill Simon, taken away aged 10.
"I was hurting and had found no way of safely healing the pain. So I turned the pain, anger, resentment and bitterness inwards and did what so many of us do, which is to punish and hurt ourselves. Despite being loved, I choose to suffer from days of depression and I couldn't see any hope in the future."
We never heard the words 'I love you', so we never learned to say them to our family… or feel them. We became empty vessels, out of touch with our feelings.--Sharyn Egan, member of the Stolen Generation.