Playing the victim Quote by Vikki Wakefield

“Oh, I wanted this killer stopped, brought to justice, yes, certainly - but did it have to be so soon?”

— Jeff Lindsay

“I'm still not sure if I was a victim or not... and if I was, who was my abuser?”

— Eskay Teel

“but it seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough.”

— T.H. White

“Sometimes our time stops when we see someone who is too innocent.”

— Pradip Bendkule

“I spend all my time trying to capture the moment. And when I do, I'll interrogate and torture it.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Play with murder enough and it gets you one of two ways. It makes you sick, or you get to like it.”

— Dashiell Hammett

“You told me you weren’t a victim… Don’t let that attack hold you back from living.”

— Lisa Kessler

“I don't wanna be a lover, I just wanna be your victim.”

— Elvis Costello

“Time. Either you are for it or against it. So be here now. Not later.”

— Carew Papritz

“Above all, be the heroine of your own life, not the victim.”

— Nora Ephron

“I am beginning to understand that there are better things than retribution.”

— Rin Chupeco

“But there you are. Helpless. Unable to defend yourself. Vulnerable. Victim.”

— Jennifer Laurens