Abuse Quote by Lidia Yuknavitch

a woman who struggles to recover from a brutal attack and sets out on a dark, psychological and physical journey for revenge and justice.

— Jodie Foster

I love those sorts of stories where you actually see the consequences of what violence does physically to people as well as psychologically.

— John Hillcoat

The stories are most often about justice. In her stories, those who commit injustice, or act tyrannically, come to no good. They are punished.

— Marina Warner

A theme that has always interested me is how women express anger, how women express violence. That is very much part of who women…

— Gillian Flynn

“In a world dominated by violent and passive-aggressive men, and by male institutions dispensing violence, it is extraordinary to note how often women are…

— Adrienne Rich

Culturally, there is often the expectation that women should be repelled by anything too ugly, too violent.

— Laura van den Berg

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men,…

— Katherine Dunn

An interesting example is that the worst woman in the book, who is so cruel and violent, is the sorceress in "The Prince of…

— Marina Warner

“Violence mixed with pseudo-loving behaviour is a potent and dangerous combination. Like a drug. Keeps the woman hooked, in the hope the loving part…

— Maggie James

The mechanism of violence is what destroys women, controls women, diminishes women and keeps women in their so-called place.

— Eve Ensler

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

— Ang Lee

Female violence is a specific brand of ferocity. It's invasive. A girlfight is all teeth and hair, spit and nails - a much more…

— Gillian Flynn