--- title: "10 Abused Child Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Abused Child quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Abused Child sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/maureen-lipman-4256_abused_polanski-was-an-abused-child-and-he-flew_2145175.png" --- > [Polanski was an abused child. And he flew too near to the sun too quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/polanski-was-an-abused-child-and-he-flew-too-near-to-the-sun-too/) [Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/maureen-lipman-4256_abused_polanski-was-an-abused-child-and-he-flew_2145175.png) > [Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/everyone-is-an-abused-child-if-you-think-about-what-governments-do/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/tim-roth-16268_abuse_everyone-is-an-abused-child-if-you-think_1105933.png) > [“An abused child never feels safe, growing up. The wrong that this child has gone through can never be seen or easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-dsouza/an-abused-child-never-feels-safe-growing-up-the-wrong-that-this-child/) [Patricia Dsouza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-dsouza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/patricia-dsouza-9859_abuse_an-abused-child-never-feels-safe-growing_898048.jpg) > [“When we learn to recognize the unique quality of Memory-Dreams, we are empowered. The abused child within us is using them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-mcelvaney/when-we-learn-to-recognize-the-unique-quality-of-memory-dreams-we-are/) [Jeanne McElvaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-mcelvaney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/jeanne-mcelvaney-14715_abuse-recovery_when-we-learn-to-recognize-the-unique-qu_913237.jpg) > [We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mahony/we-re-not-at-a-point-in-time-to-be-taking-chances-with-children-and/) [Roger Mahony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mahony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/roger-mahony-25696_abused_we-re-not-at-a-point-in-time-to-be-takin_294881.jpg) > [“Imagine Cara caring enough to make a police report about an abused child knowing the information will likely be unwelcome to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/de-becker-gavin/imagine-cara-caring-enough-to-make-a-police-report-about-an-abused/) [de Becker, Gavin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/de-becker-gavin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/de-becker-gavin-73897_children_imagine-cara-caring-enough-to-make-a-pol_1013365.jpg) > [You know all that sympathy that you feel for an abused child who suffers without a good mom or dad to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashly-lorenzana/you-know-all-that-sympathy-that-you-feel-for-an-abused-child-who/) [Ashly Lorenzana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashly-lorenzana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/ashly-lorenzana-7466_abuse_you-know-all-that-sympathy-that-you-feel_2852340.jpg) > [The abused child goes on living within those who have survived such torture, a torture that ended with total repression. They live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-miller/the-abused-child-goes-on-living-within-those-who-have-survived-such/) [Alice Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/alice-miller-3713_abused_the-abused-child-goes-on-living-within-t_1614133.png) > [Maybe someone was abused as a child. May be they were having a bad day. May be they're running away from something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/maybe-someone-was-abused-as-a-child-may-be-they-were-having-a-bad-day/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/senoraroy-77_bad-day_maybe-someone-was-abused-as-a-child-may_545110.jpg) > [“There are many differing viewpoints on nature versus nurture, and there are those who believe that bad behavior can be excused and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-altea/there-are-many-differing-viewpoints-on-nature-versus-nurture-and/) [Rosemary Altea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-altea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/rosemary-altea-34392_bad-behavior_there-are-many-differing-viewpoints-on-n_912797.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abused-child/#itemlist", "name": "Abused Child Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Polanski was an abused child. 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May be they were having a bad day. May be they're running away from something and their behavior has gone erratic. May be they have trouble communicating their true feelings. No one really wants to hurt you. They just don't know how to express their own feelings. People don't really do things to hurt each other. 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I saw how other kids were treated with love and affection by their parents. I knew. My soul cried out to me and told me so. We all know. We all know right from wrong. Our souls cry out to us and tell us so. And we decide, we make our choices, and we are responsible for those choices. We, no one else but we, decide. Anger, hurt, pain, humiliation, fear, dread, confusion-all these emotions we choose. De we hold on to our anger, our pain and humiliation, and hit back, or do we strive to understand that we can do better?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rosemary Altea" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-altea/there-are-many-differing-viewpoints-on-nature-versus-nurture-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/rosemary-altea-34392_bad-behavior_there-are-many-differing-viewpoints-on-n_912797.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/rosemary-altea-34392_bad-behavior_there-are-many-differing-viewpoints-on-n_912797.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/rosemary-altea-34392_bad-behavior_there-are-many-differing-viewpoints-on-n_912797.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are many differing viewpoints on nature versus nurture, and there are those who believe that bad…” — Rosemary Altea", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abused-child/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abused-child/", "name": "Abused Child Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abused-child/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/maureen-lipman-4256_abused_polanski-was-an-abused-child-and-he-flew_2145175.png" }, "description": "Browse 10 Abused Child quotes by 10 authors. 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