“3) “But why didn’t she leave?!” Because - and this is crucial - he kept telling her he was going to stop. He systematically paused right before she fully freaked out, made her feel safe again, then resumed assaulting her, at a greater level of assault each time.”— Sady Doyle, twitter.com
“However, studies show that people don't react well to men who smile too much. But a well-placed smile can be just what you need to seal the deal.”— Jessica Goldberg, Cal Roberts, Hugh Dancy, imdb.com
“Well, I just want you to know I'm there for you. Course now I'm here for you, but when I'm not here for you, I'm there for you.”— Matt Selman, Peter Mehlman, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“Well perhaps he thinks that you're working him for the discount. Shaking that little butt of yours into big, big savings....And then when you get it, you know, you drop him like a hot potato.”— Spike Feresten, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“You see those tears streaming down, you don't know what to do. It was like she was on fire and I was trying to put her out.”— Larry David, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com
“Every woman on the face of the earth has complete control of my life. And yet, I want them all…is that irony?”— Larry Charles, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com
“Gaslighting exhausts a victim's internal resources so that they are unable to self-validate.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“If, instead, you find yourself often pitying someone who consistently hurts you or other people, and who actively campaigns for your sympathy, the chances are close to 100 percent that you are dealing with a sociopath… I am sure that if the devil existed, he would want us to feel very sorry for him.”— Martha Stout, amazon.com
“Gaslighting exhausts a victim’s internal resources so they are unable to self-validate.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“You may be one of those individuals who finds it too hard to accept the notion that there really are people as cunning, devious, and ruthless as your gut tells you the manipulator in your life is. That is, you may even be prone to engage in "neurotic" denial. If you are, even when you're confronted…”— George K. Simon, amazon.com
“Executed effectively and done chronically, gaslighting causes self-doubt and cognitive dissonance – a state of turmoil stirred by inconsistent attitudes and beliefs. Survivors of emotional predators sense that something is amiss, but when they attempt to address it, they are often blindsided by thei…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“The erasure of the abuse was worse than the abuse. One of the most insidious things about gaslighting is the denial of reality. Being denied what you have seen. Being denied what you have experienced and know to be true. It can make you feel like you are crazy. But you are not crazy.”— Ariel Leve, theguardian.com
“The most dramatic instances of directed behavior change and "mind control" are not the consequence of exotic forms of influence, such as hypnosis, psychotropic drugs, or "brainwashing," but rather the systematic manipulation of the most mundane aspects of human nature over time in confining settings…”— Philip Zimbardo, amazon.com
“We emotionally manipulated each other until we thought it was love.”— Warsan Shire, warsanshire.tumblr.com
“Anti-Americanism is then seized upon and amplified by the U.S. government and its faithful media outlets. You know the routine: 'Why do they hate is? They hate our freedoms,' et cetera.”— Arundhati Roy, amazon.com
“I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.”— J. D. Salinger, amazon.com
“Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“They will violate your privacy but act like you asking them about what they do is uncalled for and irrational.”— Hattie Gladwell, metro.co.uk