No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone. — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“If love breaks more than a heart, maybe it's a sign and time to step out.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
There was no physical abuse or fighting in the home. . . I led a normal life . . . — Ted Bundy Copy Share Image
Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Life is full of challenges. In the end it's getting up that pulls us through the dark day's. So that we can… — Azelene Williams Copy Share Image
“I've learned that verbal abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse and take longer to heal from.” — Jaycee Dugard 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
The travesty of slavery wasn't physical abuse. It was the moral abuse of looking at a human being as if they are… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Training with Bela and Marta Karolyi took the joy out of the Olympics for me. I look back and feel there was… — Dominique Moceanu 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
“The dog leash was still tied tight around the oak tree in the back, stretched worn and limp across the green grass… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Viktor Frankl said the Concentration camp survivalist said no matter how much mental or physical abuse had been given nobody could cause… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If the most connected we’ve ever felt with another person was in that brief moment of apology and regret after physical abuse,… — Vironika Tugaleva 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
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual… — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
“He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“I read this book in one sitting. A WOMAN RESURRECTED is the true, harrowing story of the author's abusive childhood -- from… — Cece Cervantes Copy Share Image
I know all about violence and physical abuse because my first husband used to beat me severely when he got drunk. Once,… — Clare Boothe Luce 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
“Did I imagine the castle, the dungeon, the ritual orgies and violations? Did Lucy, Billy, Samuel, Eliza, Shirley and Kato make it… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Whatever proponents of false memory syndrome may claim and however persuasively they tell their stories and anecdotes, dissociative amnesia typically involves fragmented… — Jenny Ann Ryberg Copy Share Image
“If you want what’s best for your kids, one surefire way to provide them with a healthy, happy home is to make… — Jessica Valenti 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
Abortion is a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people. — George Pell Copy Share Image
The only time a lady should be in a hospital because of a man is because of giving birth, not because of… — Ong Lor Copy Share Image
“Mental cruelty, nondisfiguring physical abuse or just plain unhappiness are rarely considered grounds on which a woman can seek divorce.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Emotional abuse is just as bad as physical abuse. Worse! You can heal broken bones; you can't heal a broken mind.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
What makes Jessica Jones series so unique is that it really is an allegory for many different types of abuse, whether it… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
It's just like Michael Jordan and the Detroit Pistons. They tried to take out the best player. Try to put as much… — Justin Jefferson Copy Share Image
“. . . the sole aim of Okinawa Karate is to teach A person to handle violence and violent individuals; whether it… — Soke Behzad Ahmadi Copy Share Image
I got married at 22 and remained in an abusive marriage for 10 years. I made up my mind that that was… — Joyce Banda Copy Share Image
My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of… — Augusten Burroughs 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
“YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS ANGER; HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ANGER. One of the basic human… — Lundy Bancroft 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
“It makes perfect sense that if human beings are raised in warm, loving households; if they are brought up to believe that… — Harold Schechter Copy Share Image
