Friendship Quote by Monica Holloway

“He was a murderer and a rapist. He was crazy and unstable and wanted to possess me, body and soul, but when he made…

— Whitney Bianca

“His violence was silence, guilt, and the quiet erasure of my boundaries; and when you've been starved for affection your whole life, emotional violence…

— Linda Ayala

“It feels like I have to enact violence upon myself to love him in a way he's comfortable with. And I can't. I care…

— Johanna Hedman

“He gave me some sage mystery/thriller advice, before he stopped taking or returning my calls, namely that I should, whenever possible, use violence to…

— Lee Irby

“I couldn't tell you why he let me in, or what it was about me, or about us, that led him to believe that…

— Jay McLean

“I head someone say once that passionate people live violent lives. At the time I didn't really get it but if what they meant…

— Jay Kopelman

“Violent love eats up what it does love, and it is mere appetite. I scribbled on the bottom of this before sending it back:…

— Maria McCann

“Abuse ambushed my life, I could not love myself truly and could never have a healthy relationship, they were either abused or completely impaired.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“Violence. My body has learned to love violence, and my mind imagines terrible things”

— D.S. Wrights

“Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it.”

— Suzanne Collins

“He pursued a lifetime of abuse that could only come from a warped relationship with the future.”

— Dana Spiotta

“But before he could either comfort me or commit further acts of violence upon my person, I spun away from him and made my…

— Rachel Hawkins