“ Bullies do not just wake up and decide to be one. They are people who have or are experiencing emotional or verbal abuse. All you can do is not retaliate but show them love. Doing so, allows them see… Kemi Sogunle
“ Most women are all too familiar with men like Calvin Smith. Men whose sense of prerogative renders them deaf when women say, No thanks, Not interested, or even Fuck off, creep. Jon Krakauer
“ Some guys like to undermine a girl's self-esteem with little verbal jabs. Eventually it all adds up. One bee sting doesn't hurt a horse, but enough bee stings can kill a horse. Oliver Gaspirtz
“ The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs. Shannon L. Alder
“ There is a way of reacting to insult that gives people the impression that you want more. I don't know what it is, but I seem to have mastered it. Joyce Rachelle
“ Some things that goes out of your mouth can wrap itself around your neck and choke you to death in future. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ We're strong for each other ! It's what women do!" said Zelda to Pearl"He Counts Their Tears" by Mary Ann D'Alto Mary Ann D'Alto
“ The dog leash was still tied tight around the oak tree in the back, stretched worn and limp across the green grass as if trying to escape to freedom; and he buried his wife without a tombstone. Where… Anthony Liccione
“ If a normally kind, agreeable person makes an enemy of you, you ought to ask yourself why. Joyce Rachelle
“ I knew it was easier to drill things in than to take them out.''It's like a screw!' Craig-Vyvyan shouted.... 'If you pull off it's head, you never get it out. Mark Helprin
“ Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastro… Ben Stein
“ The symptoms of abuse are there, and the woman usually sees them: the escalating frequency of put-downs. Early generosity turning more and more to selfishness. Verbal explosions when he is irritated o… Lundy Bancroft
“ The central attitudes driving the Player are:Women were put on this earth to have sex with men—especially me.Women who want sex are too loose, and women who refuse sex are too uptight. (!)It’s not my… Lundy Bancroft
“ The central attitudes driving the Water Torturer are:You are crazy. You fly off the handle over nothing.I can easily convince other people that you’re the one who is messed up.As long as I’m calm, you… Lundy Bancroft
“ Ugly and ungainly. The least dependable creature you ever met. Just when you think you understand her, she changes. If only I had a son," he said bitterly.Over and over he disparaged her, and George w… Mette Ivie Harrison
“ The central attitudes driving Mr. Sensitive are:I’m against the macho men, so I couldn’t be abusive.As long as I use a lot of “psychobabble,” no one is going to believe that I am mistreating you.I can… Lundy Bancroft
“ There certainly are some women who treat their male partners badly, berating them, calling them names, attempting to control them. The negative impact on these men’s lives can be considerable. But do… Lundy Bancroft
