“If I had to apologize for all the stuff my father's done, I wouldn't have a voice left.”— Mike O'Malley, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com
“Creating distance with your parent means giving up the delusion that they will someday change and releasing the feeling of responsibility for them they may have instilled in you.”— Julie L. Hall, huffingtonpost.com
“It started when we were little kids. Free spirits, but already tormented by our own hands given to us by our parents.”— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com
“Growing up in an abusive household is a fucking trip dude. If you’ve never had someone angrily wash a dish at you, or fold a sock in your direction, then how are you gonna understand why I get nervous when you quietly do the laundry, or why I ask “are you mad at me?” when you set the bag of grocerie…”— ericfvckingharris, ericfvckingharris.tumblr.com
“Nobody asks to be born. No one signs a form that says, You have my permission to make me exist. Babies are born, because parents feel that they themselves are not enough. So, parents, never condemn us for trying to fill our existential holes, when we are but the fruit of your own vain attempts to fi…”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“When I tried to hug her, she’d tell me it was too hot for hugs. So I learned to stop trying. We never had conversations. I thought it was normal. It was all I knew. I always thought the relationship between a mother and a child was about giving and receiving orders. But when I was ten years old, I w…”— Anonymous, facebook.com