Abuse Quote by gail carriger

“Their faces were contorted with a horror only known to those who have silenced their consciences.”

— Chris Nicolaisen

“suffering unspeakable torture at the thought of leaving his picture as it was, disfigured by an ugly, gaping wound. (49)”

— Émile Zola

“In that time while he was still aware, which was the worse, I wonder: the agony of his physical torture or the horror of…

— Hal Duncan

“The killed are dead, the bereaved are traumatized. The trauma may be converted to hatred that may be converted into revenge addiction.”

— Johan Galtung

“Everyone gets tortured these days. Skulduggery by Serpine, who then turned around and did that red right hand thing at you . Then Skulduggery…

— Derek Landy

“He felt what a murderer must feel, when he sees the body he has robbed of life. That body, robbed by him of life,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.”

— R.D. Ronald

“believe I already wrote in my notes that love was very similar to torture or surgery. But this idea can be developed in a…

— Charles Baudelaire

“I once watched him remove a living man’s face. He took one tiny patch of flesh at a time until the faceless, blubbering man…

— Anson Scott

“My eyes moved over his face. His chiseled jaw and high cheekbones twisted in agony. Even writhing he was beautiful, muscles clenching and unclenching,…

— Andrea Cremer

“traumatized people find themselves reenacting some aspect of the trauma scene in disguised form, without realizing what they are doing….There”

— Jon Krakauer

“Wars fought over a face like this,” he murmured like he was talking to himself, my heart stopped beating and his thumbs moved lightly…

— Kristen Ashley