159 Quotes About Assault
- Author Rebecca Solnit
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If that term [sexual assault] confuses you take out the word "sexual" and just focus on "assault," on violence, on the refusal to treat someone as a human being, on the denial of the most basic of human rights, the right to bodily integrity and self-determination.
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- Author Soraya Chemaly
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It was also an important marker in my life, one I distinctly remember as a building block in the self-limiting wall I constructed around my freedom of speech and movement.
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- Author Vincent Okay Nwachukwu
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It is no frill to say that until we get it instilled in us that a blunder could kill a lunatic and thus spill innocent blood, we will continue to thrill and chill as they drill and grill in pain.
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- Author Dean F. Wilson
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Rommond placed his gun upon the table like a writer places an exclamation point at the end of a sentence. There was a hint of finality about the gesture, like an announcement that this was the end of the debate. Taberah must've recognised it, for she didn't sustain her verbal assault. She turned and left, and if silence was her shield, it was also her weapon, leaving a sting behind in the quiet air.
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- Author Anuradha Bhattacharyya
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Humiliation is the biggest assault.
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- Author Jennifer Patterson
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..but I know my commitment to change and transformation is stronger than my commitment to self-destruction. In these moments, the need to rewrite the familiarity of violent reactions and hold oneself accountable becomes increasingly important. Patriarchy, misogyny, and sexism have a way of permeating all of us to our core. It is essential that we are all personally committed to not perpetuating further abuse upon each other's bodies.
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- Author Hannah V. Sawyerr
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It is not your job to understand. Sick people do sick things. You do not understand the mind of an abuser, because you are not sick like one.
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- Author Garth Ennis
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No, I would not say that assault with a baseball bat constitutes "justice being done.
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- Author Erik Axl Sund
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According to the doctor who examined Tatiana Achatova, she was admitted to Sodermalm Hospital on Sunday evening at approximately 1900 hours, with the following injuries: severe ruptures in her anus, as well as…’It’s as if they’re talking about her, and she remembers the pain.How much it had hurt, even though he had said it was lovely.
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