Any woman who stays with her abuser beyond the first incident is complicitous with him. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“I'm still not sure if I was a victim or not... and if I was, who was my abuser?” — Eskay Teel Copy Share Image
“The abuser wants the victim to be confounded. They do not require the victim to see undoubtedly nor see things for what… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“These numbers show that among the participants of the study, “Mom” (or a mom figure) was the primary family abuser.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Have you killed a man, drowned a crocodile, hunted a wolf, or raped an abuser? Stop pretending you love someone.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
The abuser knows where you work. Even if a woman goes underground at night, the abuser knows where to find her during… — Gordon Campbell Copy Share Image
“The abuser is the only person who can deliver moments of peace, by being his better self for a while. Thus, the… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
“Sadly, that is exactly what happened. You were fully being yourself and the abuser was a chameleon. The abuser morphed to fit… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Learn to say to the abuser in a firm voice, "Stop it." Do not explain yourself, your needs, or what you mean.… — Caroline Abbott Copy Share Image
It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is: kill her. — Leslie Morgan Steiner Copy Share Image
“He who can deliberately inflict torture upon an animal, in order to heighten the pleasure his palate is to receive in eating… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
“What I am saying is that your hope of the person being better someday must come to an abrupt end. When that… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Each one of us is more likely to believe someone when they point out our flaws and can connect what we know… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
The number-one reason women say they returned to their abuser is financial insecurity. Often they have kids with them. They say half… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
“THE ABUSER’S PROBLEM IS NOT THAT HE RESPONDS INAPPROPRIATELY TO CONFLICT. HIS ABUSIVENESS IS OPERATING PRIOR TO THE CONFLICT: IT USUALLY CREATES… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Davies and Frawley believe that while the child may be a passive victim of the original sexual abuse, the child’s subsequent active… — Stephen A. Mitchell Copy Share Image
“None of us realized that each act of violence was training us to perpetuate the cycle when we were grown up and… — Lecrae Moore Copy Share Image
“Until this point Tiffany had assumed that abusers... must live in denial. If not, how could they go on? How could you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“...my father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“What you went through is horrible. I'm not disputing it.' 'Okay. So?' 'Just that this man whom you depicted—it was like he… — Meena Kandasamy Copy Share Image
“The abuser does not believe, however, that his level of authority over the children should be in any way connected to his… — Lundy Bancroft Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Every aspect of the multipronged legal system even today is dominated by males: police, prosecutors, judges, probation officers. In addition, the state… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“The survivor movements were also challenging the notion of a dysfunctional family as the cause and culture of abuse, rather than being… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“It is not your job to understand. Sick people do sick things. You do not understand the mind of an abuser, because… — Hannah V. Sawyerr Copy Share Image
“A psychological abuser will find a survivor’s emotional soft spots and exploit them for control and entertainment.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Beating yourself up over every perceived mistake is the work of an internal abuser who must be restrained and reformed.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“I saw a post online where someone said, “An abuser doesn’t abuse every day.” That, my friend, is intermittent reinforcement in a… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“the abuser's desire to abuse is not created by the child - it is there before the child appears” — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
If an 'animal abuser' were killed in a research lab firebombing, I would unequivocally support that, too. — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
“Abuse is never deserved, it is an exploitation of innocence and physical disadvantage, which is perceived as an opportunity by the abuser.” — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
“People should never underestimate a psychological abuser’s ability to hide the truth. They are not even honest with themselves and truly believe… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Of all the offenses an abuser puts a target through, I am most deeply outraged by the stealing of goodness. It offends… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“You have to reach out to your inner-abuser and make peace. You can't live your life as your own worst enemy!” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“When we don’t honor ourselves, we are coming into agreement with the abuser’s toxic agenda. We end up abusing ourselves too. … — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
I feel very sorry for people who are trapped in an abusive relationship and keep making excuses for their abuser. — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I'm not an abuser. It takes me a long time to assimilate each experience. And I never have lost my respect for… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
When you finally escape the hold your abuser has on your mind you get a whole new outlook on life. There's an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The level of impact on a target’s life will also be different depending on whether the abuse took place in a marriage… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Domestic violence is just as much a quality-of-life and liberty for community, social, and legal attention to support mental, emotional, health, wellness… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
When I was married to an abuser, he'd tell me he wouldn't have to get so angry if only I'd be less… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
![“...my father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days, weeks, at a time, making the air humid, hard to breathe, my father stalking around with his…” quote by Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/gillian-flynn-316_abuse_my-father-was-a-mid-level-phonecompany-m_2788017.jpg)
