I wished that my job was baking muffins in a muffin shop, where all I'd have to do was crack eggs and… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I had lived with abuse for many years, but the worst abuse has been at my own hands and the appalling situations… — Amanda de Cadenet Copy Share Image
We must take the best from the left and the best from the right to devise new strategies for the global twenty-first… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Some parents won't love you or accept who you are. It hurts, but It's not your fault that they aren't loving you… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
There's a ripple effect in being underpaid for women. Ten thousand women are turned down every day for domestic abuse shelters. Part… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
At Wal-Mart, a co-worker once advised me that, although I had a lot to learn, it was also important not to "know… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The abuse of power manifests with phony spiritual teachers and phony gurus who tell you how to run your life and what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“My father wrote: "Always question where your loyalties lie. The people you trust will expect it, your greatest enemies will desire it,… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
Disrespect also can take the form of idealizing you and putting you on a pedestal as a perfect woman or goddess, perhaps… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“What do you know about somebody not being good enough for somebody else? And since when did you care whether Corinthians stood… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. If he raises a fist; punches… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I did a film about child abuse with the great producer-director Richard Donner, Radio Flyer. Again, I was replacing somebody, but Lorraine… — John Heard Copy Share Image
During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
“By the time Cheryl Hersha came to the facility, knowledge of multiple personality was so complete that doctors understood how the mind… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“The whole thing becomes like this evil enchantment from a fairy tale, but you're made to believe the spell can never be… — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
“There are many who don't wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don't wish to wake for… — Richelle Goodrich Copy Share Image
The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Love so needs to love that it will endure almost anything, even abuse, just to flicker for a moment. But the sky's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred,… — Saint Ambrose Copy Share Image
I have known people who radiate vulnerability. Their facial expressions say I am afraid of you. These people invite abuse. By expecting… — Ted Bundy Copy Share Image
