Abusers Quote by Gary Chapman

This book [Desperate Marriages ] is really a book on how to be a positive change agent in a very, very difficult marriage. I…

— Gary Chapman

“Frequently, the emotional homicide is happening while other people go on clamoring about what a great guy or gal the abuser is and how…

— Shannon Thomas

Marriage is a kind of prison for anyone who's miserable in it - men and women alike - and anyone who's suffered through difficult…

— Adam Ross

“Why risk the rare happy marriage-rarer still, a love marriage that endures-for something as common and toxic as complete, unthinking, transparent honesty? Who would…

— William Landay

Anybody that's been through a divorce, and I hope it's something people never have to experience, it's the worse thing in the world.

— Cheryl Cole

When you have to face up to the fact that marriage to the man you love is really over, that's very tough, sheer agony.…

— Ava Gardner

“A marriage is sensitive, fragile and crucial. Once you mess up with how you handle it, it will shatter”

— Diyar Harraz

“The abuser sees it as a huge victory to turn an independent survivor into a needy, dependent person who can no longer make decisions…

— Shannon Thomas

“Why should a bad marriage have been so much more compelling than no marriage? Why had I clung to my misery so? Why did…

— Erica Jong

“The abuser is the only person who can deliver moments of peace, by being his better self for a while. Thus, the abuser holds…

— Gavin de Becker

“Marriage should liberate, not incarcerate. Real love shouldn't limit a person's potential, it should expand it.”

— Seth Adam Smith

“Marriage is powerful because even if we have no one else, we still have a built-in support ‘network’ (because spouses fulfil so many different…

— Sam Owen