1,745 Quotes About Abuse

There should be painless progression, attended by life and peace....Mortals will some day assert their freedom in the name of Almighty God....Dropping their present beliefs, they will recognize harmony and as the spiritual reality and discord as the material unreality. Chapter VII pp. 224 and 228 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

Oh sweetheart," Molly explained, touching him on the arm again, kitten-light. Both of the women had tears in their eyes. For him? He didn't understand that, because they hardly new him. Piers had known him all his life and Piers hadn't cared at all.

My dad leaves bruises on the inside.

If you really truly want to know, I've thought if I was ever free someday, I might discover I've held my tears so long that I can't cry anymore, that I'm a dry stone and nothing can ever be wrung from me.

Hiding my pain and acting strong, afraid to cry and show my tears, I struggle with all this years later.

A short, quick gasp escapes her trembling lips, spots dancing in her vision. Hunching until she is small, silent the scream remains, as blackness and pain hold her prisoner against her father’s rage

When he removed his robes, you could see the hundreds of scars and bruises that shamelessly decorated his body. Huge black bruises, long scars that came from sword lacerations and whips and new wounds that bled fresh red blood.The Dragonboy's father had no idea his son suffered. That's because the boy never told.From The Binding, a story from the upcoming tenth update of Dragons and Cicadas

I'm not capable of being casual with you, Lily.

She's hiding and no one else sees. She's dying and no one else notices.