Quote by Liane Moriarty

Battered women is a phrase that uncovered major, long-hidden violence. It helps us to face the fact that, statistically speaking, the most dangerous place…

— Gloria Steinem

It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is: kill her.

— Leslie Morgan Steiner

In an abusive relationship - we'll talk about men and women - women are often restrained, by words or out of fear, from leaving.…

— Rene Marie

Any woman who stays with her abuser beyond the first incident is complicitous with him.

— Camille Paglia

“We weren’t going to be apart for a minute, not if I could help it. If that made me overprotective, so be it. I…

— Karina Halle

“She was battered incessantly, regularly, all the time. I'm not saying 24 hours a day, but the incidents of battering were extraordinarily high.”

— Susan Forward

“Studies of the Surgeon General’s office reveal that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of fifteen and…

— Rebecca Solnit

The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation.

— Julie Johnston

“In some cases abusive or damaged relationships cannot and should not be saved.”

— Toni Sorenson

Although I haven't experienced violence in a relationship, I know that two women every week in England and Wales are killed by their partner…

— Jemma Kidd

“Dammit woman, stop trying to beat me. I'll sue you for domestic violence.”

— Karen Mahoney

“Domestic violence is just as much a quality-of-life and liberty for community, social, and legal attention to support mental, emotional, health, wellness & physical…

— Tracey Bond