Childhood-abuse Quote by Lynette Gould

“The adult incest survivor is likely to become involved in sexual relationships with older or more powerful people…There is little room for intimacy and…

— E. Sue Blume

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

— John Bradshaw

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

— E. Sue Blume

“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

I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.

— William S. Burroughs

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

— Martin Amis

“The vast majority of incest begins years before the earliest conceivable age of consent. p4”

— Judith Lewis Herman

“He says, "I would walk around the township and I could point them out, which girls had been abused. You could see it in…

— Emma Brockes

“The women in your family have never lost touch with one another. Death is a path we take to meet on the other side.”

— Edwidge Danticat

It sounds not only disagreeable but also paradoxical, yet it must nevertheless be said that anyone who is to be really free and happy…

— Anonymous

“In some ways, no one is tougher on one another than sisters. Like parents, they're hyperaware of another's past foibles and faults; but, without…

— Brad Parks

“A survivor who is isolated (whether in physical or emotional distance) from his or her family of origin will experience profound grieving.”

— Shannon Thomas