--- title: "3 Domestic abuse Quotes By Roddy Doyle" description: "3 Domestic abuse quotes by Roddy Doyle. Plus more from Roddy Doyle and more Domestic abuse sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/roddy-doyle-10269_domestic-abuse_there-were-days-when-i-didn-t-exist-he-s_843851.jpg" --- > [“There were days when I didn't exist; he saw through me and walked around me. I was invisible. There were days when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/there-were-days-when-i-didn-t-exist-he-saw-through-me-and-walked/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/roddy-doyle-10269_domestic-abuse_there-were-days-when-i-didn-t-exist-he-s_843851.jpg) > [“He loved me and he beat me. I loved him and I took it. It's as simple as that, and as stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/he-loved-me-and-he-beat-me-i-loved-him-and-i-took-it-it-s-as-simple/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/roddy-doyle-10269_domestic-abuse_he-loved-me-and-he-beat-me-i-loved-him-a_2328704.jpg) > [“I remember I wanted to get away; I wanted to run. I couldn't stand any more. But I didn't want to run.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/i-remember-i-wanted-to-get-away-i-wanted-to-run-i-couldn-t-stand-any/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/roddy-doyle-10269_domestic-abuse_i-remember-i-wanted-to-get-away-i-wanted_3235190.jpg) ## Other authors on Domestic abuse - [Lundy Bancroft 22 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/domestic-abuse/lundy-bancroft/) - [Susan Weitzman 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/domestic-abuse/susan-weitzman/) - [Sierra D. Waters 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/domestic-abuse/sierra-d-waters/) ## More by Roddy Doyle > [“Sometimes, when you were thinking about something, trying to understand it, it opened up in your head without you expecting it to, like it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/sometimes-when-you-were-thinking-about-something-trying-to-understand/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [“It was frightening, though, how little time you got. You only became yourself when you were twenty-three or twenty-four. A few years later, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/it-was-frightening-though-how-little-time-you-got-you-only-became/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [The Irish are the niggers of Europe, lads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/the-irish-are-the-niggers-of-europe-lads/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [“Terror. That was it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/terror-that-was-it/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [Ulysses could have done with a good editor. You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/ulysses-could-have-done-with-a-good-editor-you-know-people-are-always/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [Dreaming was only nice while it lasted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/dreaming-was-only-nice-while-it-lasted/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/it-was-a-sign-of-growing-up-when-the-dark-made-no-more-difference-to/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/when-i-started-writing-full-time-i-had-not-long-stopped-being-a/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/when-i-was-a-kid-if-you-didn-t-speak-irish-you-really-wanted-to-and/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [I'm not recognised that much. I'm just a bald man in glasses and there's a rash of them in Dublin. It'd be different if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/i-m-not-recognised-that-much-i-m-just-a-bald-man-in-glasses-and-there/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/it-s-a-big-con-job-we-have-sold-the-myth-of-dublin-as-a-sexy-place/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [“One day at a time, sweet Jesus. Whoever wrote that one hadn’t a clue. A day is a fuckin’ eternity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/one-day-at-a-time-sweet-jesus-whoever-wrote-that-one-hadn-t-a-clue-a/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/schools-don-t-really-allow-failure-and-yet-it-s-a-valid-part-of-any/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/my-novels-come-from-within-me-they-are-things-i-feel-i-want-to-do/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) > [Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/most-working-days-i-can-be-at-my-desk-for-nine-hours-a-day/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/domestic-abuse/roddy-doyle/#itemlist", "name": "3 Domestic abuse Quotes By Roddy Doyle", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There were days when I didn't exist; he saw through me and walked around me. 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