Abuse Quote by Judith Lewis Herman

“The horror of incest is not in the sexual act. but in the exploitation of children and the corruption of parental love. p4”

— Judith Lewis Herman

“...Incest is rape by extortion. Thus the child's very childhood becomes a weapon used to control her.”

— E. Sue Blume

“Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life”

— Lynette Gould

“After a while, marriage is a sibling relationship--marked by occasional, and rather regrettable, episodes of incest.”

— Martin Amis

“The shared secret and the shared denial are the most horrible aspects of incest.”

— John Bradshaw

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— Anonymous

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— Bill Bryson

“Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of [parenthood] is not that adults produce children but…

— Peter De Vries

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— Diane Chamberlain

“She sees now that the problem of the girl will never be solved, not as long as people have the capacity to reproduce themselves.…

— Jesse Kellerman

“Those little age differentials, so crucial and so gross when we are young, erode. We end up belonging to the same category, that of…

— Julian Barnes