“People, in general, tend to project onto others their own state of mind. Well-meaning people inevitably assume other people are well meaning.… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“We must know something about malevolence, about how to recognize it, and about how not to make excuses for it. We must… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“Recently I interviewed a psychopath. This is always a humbling experience because it teaches over and over how much of human motivation… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“For every group, malevolence is always somewhere else. Maybe we understand at this point in history that it can occur at night… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“People, in general, tend to project onto others their own state of mind. Well-meaning people inevitably assume other people are well meaning. People who… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“We must know something about malevolence, about how to recognize it, and about how not to make excuses for it. We must know that… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“I should meet many people who do not know anyone personally who has been raped or molested as a child. But I can't remember… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“In projecting onto others their own moral sense, therapists sometimes make terrible errors. Child physical abusers are automatically labeled “impulsive," despite extensive evidence that… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“Recently I interviewed a psychopath. This is always a humbling experience because it teaches over and over how much of human motivation and experience… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“Malevolence takes a bite out off your spirit. Just sitting with it, just talking with people who consciously and deliberately exploit others, feels like… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who are accused… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“For every group, malevolence is always somewhere else. Maybe we understand at this point in history that it can occur at night in darkened… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“Oddly then, in our search for meaning, we often assign victims too much blame for their assaults, and offenders too little. Our inconsistencies do… — Anna Salter Copy Share
“In musing on all that occurred in the course of the several years of harassment the error I decided I made, and others frequently… — Anna Salter Copy Share
