Domestic violence Quote by Sally Rooney

“Marianne had sharp, cold eyes and she was spiteful but her father loved her.”

— Angela Carter

“Shaking himself free of pity, he set out to become her waking nightmare, knowing his cruelty may be the only thing capable of saving…

— M.S. Willis

“There was money enough... but she asked so much of life, in ways so complex and immaterial. He thought of her as walking bare-footed…

— Edith Wharton

“He can value her excellence and really need her yet, he needn't bother with her.”

— Rick Johnson

“. She couldn’t help but cry silently as she realized what she was giving up. She was giving up her anchor, the one person…

— Ali Harper

“His fear came from needing her. It was the danger to her life that frightened him.”

— Anne Osterlund

“He touched her as though she were something precious and cared for. That was where the terrible power lay—not in his strength, not in…

— Helen Kirkman

“It frightens him to think of her this way. It makes her seem, in terms of love, so vast.”

— John Updike

“She was close in her husband's arms; she clung to him; whatever of strangeness and slowness and insularity she might find in him, none…

— Sinclair Lewis

“That's when he hit her, when he saw how scared she was. He couldn't bear it that she was frightened and asking for help.…

— Ryū Murakami

“When she was younger, she felt that he wanted to know everything about her, but she was sometimes afraid to tell too much. She…

— Michael Stein

“There was nobody who could help her. Nobody in the world. They were all on something, mad, possible enemies, dead.”

— Thomas Pynchon