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title: "6 Victim-role Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“I believed I was too sensitive and weak. To “prove” I wasn’t a victim anymore, I moved closer to painful experiences rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-enevoldsen/i-believed-i-was-too-sensitive-and-weak-to-prove-i-wasn-t-a-victim/)

[Christina Enevoldsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-enevoldsen/)

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> [“You’re too sensitive’ victims of sexual abuse are told over and over by those whose reality depends on being insensitive. Most adults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renee-fredrickson/you-re-too-sensitive-victims-of-sexual-abuse-are-told-over-and-over/)

[Renee Fredrickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renee-fredrickson/)

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> [“Bemoaning my existence wasn’t changing my existence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-spring/bemoaning-my-existence-wasn-t-changing-my-existence/)

[Carolyn Spring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-spring/)

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> [“And the victim must have been broken and must remain so, so that the externalization of evil is possible. The victim who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natascha-kampusch/and-the-victim-must-have-been-broken-and-must-remain-so-so-that-the/)

[Natascha Kampusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natascha-kampusch/)

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> [“As a child, the best way to survive was to be still, to submit—to do nothing that might incur further harm. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-spring/as-a-child-the-best-way-to-survive-was-to-be-still-to-submit-to-do/)

[Carolyn Spring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-spring/)

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> [“A victim evokes sympathy, right? Victims are not responsible, right? Victims have the moral high ground… someone else is causing the misery,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-w-earle-2/a-victim-evokes-sympathy-right-victims-are-not-responsible-right/)

[David W. Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-w-earle-2/)

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