Abuse Quotes - Page 5

I promise.

This is for the kids who know that the worst kind of fear isn't the thing that makes you scream, but the one that steals your voice and keeps you silent.

I saw the bruises, the burns, the cuts - I knew which ones had been done to you by someone you thought you could trust. Someone you thought loved you. I knew which ones you gave yourself.

Si no quiere abrazarme, entonces que tampoco se acerque para golpearme.

In general, the more dysfunctional the family the more inappropriate their response to disclosure. Never expect a sane response from an insane system.

I came to this house for safety. They came because the foster care system ran out of homes. We stayed because we were stray pieces of other puzzles, tired of never fitting.

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

In my family, you can rot to hell on the inside as long as you’re flawless on the outside, which is really sick, but also hard to unlearn.

We are creatures built on a house of cards of language.

I don't forgive him," I said.
"Hell, no, you don't. And why should you? So he can feel better? Get on with his life? And what's he done to help you get on with yours?

God is the source of life. Life without God is hopeless. But life with God is an endless hope

Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting-or even demanding-their own enslavement.

I have found out the hard way that the path from victim to victory hinges on one word…Choose.

The vast majority of people are unthinking prejudice machines.

Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.

Anger is the immune system of the soul.

The war is against children, and all the other wars are just a shadow of the war on children.

The only part of you that hurts when you're given the truth is the part that lives on lies.

Guilt is a feeling that you owe a debt that you're not paying.

It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how I come to know trees fear man.