1,745 Quotes About Abuse

I loved them so much that I used to drive myself crazy trying to figure out why they were hurting... Why they betrayed me so easily... What was happening in their life that would lead them to treat me so abusively... Then, in a moment of clarity, I realized I'm not the "Narcissist Whisperer" and freed myself from that toxic behavior.

About as defiant as a girl can be with her mouth gagged, her arms pinned and her legs spread wide open

We say "misogynist"; I've written that "misogyny kills," but the world falls flat on your tongue - it's too academic sounding, not raw or horrifying enough to relay the truth of what it means.

I grew up missing my mom while she was right in front of me.

And then there were men who were violently afraid of losing to a woman, the scariest men in the world. They become dictators, heads of state, bureaucrats, men with deadly weapons, they were everywhere. Sometimes she could pick one out with a look, but they were often charming, they had to have the power to attract in order to dominate.

Her mother always told her, “If he hits you, then you leave,” but Jack had never hit her, not with his fists.

The National Security Agency’s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide. If a dictator ever took over, the N.S.A. could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.

So much time lost, so much of my childhood gone, because nobody every asked the right questions.

You are someone without me. You are someone good, strong, unique. It's not too late for you. You have friends, even if it doesn't feel like it. Don't trash yourself or others. You can be kind, thoughtful and wise. There's hope for you. Have faith, don't panic, stay healthy, be kind.