“As tears fall from her face she begins to sway Love shouldn't hurt this way.” — Diana Rasmussen Copy Share Image
“She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead.” — Núria Añó Copy Share Image
“Everybody's good when they're good, darling. You don't judge a person by that. It's how they act when things aren't good that… — Megan Jacobson Copy Share Image
Never believe a man's claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
“John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.” — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, you are far more likely to be harmed or die prematurely as a direct result of modern society than you are… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
People always think that domestic abuse is something that you live with and get over. But no. You have mental scars. — Michel'le Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, if the league is going to have a no-tolerance policy for domestic abuse, if we're going to be a global organization… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
“When we hear these kinds of excuses from a drunk, we assume they are exactly that—excuses. We don’t consider an active alcoholic… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have been privileged to meet many women, men and children who have escaped domestic abuse and who are… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
“I am living in hell from one day to the next. But there is nothing I can do to escape. I don't… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Marriage,love and commitment does not give a man permission to act like Julius Caesar by pushing his partner into sexual promiscuity like… — Sheree' Gay Copy Share Image
“The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
For some people, work is the only safe haven from abuse. So all employers in businesses big and small, whether in the… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
“The central attitudes driving the Drill Sergeant are: I need to control your every move or you will do it wrong. I… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Julia's fears of coming forward with the violence were based on anticipated as well as actual responses from friends and acquaintances. I… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
“There were days when I didn't exist; he saw through me and walked around me. I was invisible. There were days when… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
“The abusive man’s high entitlement leads him to have unfair and unreasonable expectations, so that the relationship revolves around his demands. His… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“The reason why women are abandoned has always been a puzzle to me, until I started realizing that it goes back to… — Kent Lamarc Copy Share Image
The central attitudes driving the Demand Man are: It's your job to do things for me, including taking care of my responsibilities… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
The constitution has put women in a position where no one will protect them from religious cliques. If a woman is the… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
“To any survivor who may be doubting whether what they’ve experienced is truly abuse, remember that emotional, verbal, and psychological abuse will… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“The fact of the matter is, if you haven’t been in an abusive relationship, you don’t really know what the experience is… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“As she breaks the silence, the upscale abused wife begins to feel affirmed and validated. The rationalizations she once relied on to… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
“... but in the depths of their hearts, in that true and ultimate depth which is revealed to no one, there remained… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“And then there was punishment. Hundreds of machines were being used not just by police forces and homicide detectives for investigative purposes… — Scott J. Holliday Copy Share Image
“When a man’s face contorts in bitterness and hatred, he looks a little insane. When his mood changes from elated to assaultive… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“The woman knows from living with the abusive man that there are no simple answers. Friends say: “He’s mean.” But she knows… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“But if he is angry at the world for doing him harm, why does he take it out on his loving partner?… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
“Divinely sanctioned wife-beating “There is no basis in Islamic theology to support domestic abuse of any kind,” declared Qanta A. Ahmed, author… — Robert Spencer Copy Share Image
“To tell a tale so great as to tear the soul inside out" Sara Niles, Torn From the Inside Out” — Sara Niles Copy Share Image
“Domestic abuse, also called intimate partner violence, is the systematic suffocation of another person's spirit.” — Joanna Hunter Copy Share Image
