Before I can give myself to another I first must give me…

But whether you stay or go, the critical decision you can make is to stop letting your partner distort the lens of your life,…

— Lundy Bancroft

Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you…

— Dianne Feinstein

“When people conclude that anger causes abuse, they are confusing cause and effect. Ray was not abusive because he was angry; he was angry…

— Lundy Bancroft

“The woman knows from living with the abusive man that there are no simple answers. Friends say: “He’s mean.” But she knows many ways…

— Lundy Bancroft

“Unfortunately, you are far more likely to be harmed or die prematurely as a direct result of modern society than you are from any…

— Steven Magee

“Above all, he loathed men who beat women; for, real men didn’t exercise their strength on frail creatures, they joined the army and put…

— A. H. Septimius

Since my arrival in Congress in 2005, I have regularly introduced legislation to bring greater awareness to the dangerous situation that domestic abuse victims…

— Al N. Green

“When Bill Burke asked my mother out, she experienced the unluckiest day of her life. Diana (to become my high school sweetheart-and wife) agreeing…

— M.J. Burke Sr

“When we hear these kinds of excuses from a drunk, we assume they are exactly that—excuses. We don’t consider an active alcoholic a reliable…

— Lundy Bancroft

“Consider these traditional theories of domestic abuse: - Learned helplessness suggest that abused women learn to become helpless under abusive conditions; they are powerless…

— Susan Weitzman

“And then there was punishment. Hundreds of machines were being used not just by police forces and homicide detectives for investigative purposes but also…

— Scott J. Holliday

“I Once Didn’t Speak Up and Today I Don’t Shut Up”

— Pamela Brescia

“Smothered by control a tormented soul trapped in his castle Her tears rolling mist proof she exists in Snow White Darkness.”

— Diana Rasmussen

“I am living in hell from one day to the next. But there is nothing I can do to escape. I don't know where…

— Haruki Murakami

“We don’t necessarily know how to hear stories about any kind of violence, because it is hard to accept that violence is as simple…

— Roxane Gay