Acts of kindness Quote by Shannon Thomas

“Almost no abuser is mean or frightening all the time. At least occasionally, he is loving, gentle, and humorous and perhaps even capable of…

— Lundy Bancroft

“ABUSIVE MEN COME in every personality type, arise from good childhoods and bad ones, are macho men or gentle, “liberated” men. No psychological test…

— Lundy Bancroft

“What’s important to remember is that while human beings in general can engage in toxic behaviors from time to time, abusers use these manipulation…

— Shahida Arabi

“many abuse victims don’t wish to let their abusers move onto the next victim after terrorizing them, because they fear that the next person…

— Shahida Arabi

“The cycle of abuse interspersed with occasional bouts of kindness keeps you stuck, waiting and hoping for the kindness to return. And it does,…

— Sylvain Reynard

“One of the obstacles to recognizing chronic mistreatment in relationships is that most abusive men simply don’t seem like abusers. They have many good…

— Lundy Bancroft

When you go through abuse - the behavior - what happens is all behavior stems from faulty belief.

— Paula White

“Even a thousand acts of kindness can be undone by a single unintentional harm, revealing the fragility of trust in human relationships, and the…

— Renuka Goria

“Abuse changes who we are, it changes who we become, It changes how we move in the world – And so does kindness”

— Nikki Rosen

“If you are currently in an abusive situation, you must set a boundary with people who hurt you. Choose to respect yourself and walk…

— Regina Cates

In the long run, the power of kindness can redeem beyond the power of force to destroy. There is a vast reservoir of kindness…

— John MacAulay

“psychological abusers damage others – not out of impaired judgement – but because they enjoy the control they gain from abusing people.”

— Shannon Thomas