Abuse Quote by Brandon Sanderson

“Their strength was being strong enough to live no matter what happened to them. Instead of seeing their strengths, they saw what made them…

— April Thompson

“the most painful part of the beatings is the insult which they imply.”

— Victor Frankl

“Life had hurt her, but it hadn’t beaten her. Every time life had thrown a new punch her way, she’d just turned around”

— Shannon Guymon

“Abuse came in many forms; it didn’t need a bruise to leave damage.”

— Ruth Cardello

“Maybe collecting bruises was the only way to learn how to fight.”

— Patrick W. Carr

“Battered and bruised but still fighting for dominance his was not the selfish petty pride that made bullies of lesser men but rather the…

— C.L. Wilson

“He was crying, because the red marks of the whip on his back still hurt so terribly. But he was also crying because people…

— Aldous Huxley

“What is life without a few bruises to toughen our character?”

— Janet McNulty

“His face was uniquely slapable - a nun would have ached to punch him - while his backside cried out to heaven for a…

— Jonathan Stroud

“Beating yourself up over every perceived mistake is the work of an internal abuser who must be restrained and reformed.”

— Bryant McGill

“He apologized. For what he did with Lia.” “You can apologize for punching someone, but it doesn’t stop the bruising.”

— Brittainy C. Cherry

“The great strength she had used in the old days to conquer and subdue, to win her will and to defend her way, seemed…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett