Love is the most abused word in history. It is, simply…

“I love you. ... they are the three most abused and underused words in the English language.”

— Andrea Boeshaar

“The word love has been so abused by publicity and advertisements that we no longer know really what it means.”

— Jean Vanier

There is more in art, with an apology to that much abused word, as applied to photography, than startling display lines, on mounts and…

— Gertrude Kasebier

Billie Holiday's voice was the voice of living intensity of soul in the true sense of that greatly abused word.

— Leonard Feather

There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who…

— Markus Wolf

The problem with loving someone is that your love can be abused. The problem with trusting someone is that your trust can be abused.…

— Frank Matobo

“What was love, anyway? he mused. She said it was caring, caring more about someone else than about yourself.”

— Jack L. Chalker

I’ve abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact – really, it’s better.

— Jimmy Cliff

Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.

— Gyles Brandreth

“I'm 80% done with The Darker Side of Trey : "It was a pitiful truth. That people seemed unwilling to see the abused, even…

— Tara Spears

Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in…

— Joyce Meyer

“I used to teach at an abused children's home. I told the kids, "You all have a manure pile of memories. Nothing you can…

— Rebecca O'Donnell

“Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Too many cases thrown out of court, too much pop-psycho crap, satanic bullshit... if you FEEL you've been abused, you HAVE been!”

— Jonathan Kellerman

One of the most abused country on earth is Mexico. The marketing spills over the border, and people are persuaded to eat food that's…

— Raj Patel