1,745 Quotes About Abuse

I understood that it is beyond maniacal to harm someone who loved me privately, and then publicly atone for that harm I've done to that person in a publication for cheap male-feminist points and corporate money. While I have been harmed and abused as a kid, I have never had to experience watching someone publicly narratively confess to abusing me because they too were abused for money.

An emotional abuser doesn’t necessarily see their abuse as abusive. They can see it as “trying to help.” Therein lies the toxicity.

No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge.

I knew that I was the least-loved child because I was a girl and because my mother had died giving birth to me.

Is a few hours of hell-raising, or respite from life's toil worth this every morning?

Happiness was an evasive emotion that could not be fabricated, duplicated, or happened upon. It was something that was only handed out to a select few, but just like his mother, Ethan realized that he was never meant to have it.

She knew what nightmares could do to a person and how bad memories could change who you were.

You're not weak if you talk to someone about your abuse.

Inviting someone to work for pay is a sacred privilege and a trust. It must be regarded a high honor to be able to give another person work, and neither employer nor employee should abuse this relationship