“Well maybe it’s me And my blind optimism to blame Or maybe it’s you and your sick need To give love then take it away”— Taylor Swift, amazon.com
“there is something that appeals to us about being the main character in a story this awful.”— Fortesa Latifi, amazon.com
“the good news is I survived knowing you. the bad news is you were something I had to survive.”— Fortesa Latifi, madgirlf.tumblr.com
“I hurt myself just to prove I can. I smoke cigarettes I don’t want and drink liquor that comes in plastic bottles. I fall asleep drunk and screaming at love: LOOK. YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DESTROY ME. LOOK. I CAN DO IT MYSELF.”— Fortesa Latifi, amazon.com
“I love the way she survived. Survival looked good on her. There were no dark marks under her eyes. Maybe deep inside, but I liked the way she looked through them and laughed at life. She did it gracefully. She’d walk over glass and through fire, but still smiled. And honestly, I’m not interested in…”— J Raymond, facebook.com
“I often wonder why I carry all this guilt When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door The echo of a broken child screaming "please no more”— Christina Aguilera, youtube.com
“Unfortunately, because emotional abuse is often tolerated or because the abusive parents are very secretive in their abuse (hiding their true selves when in public), emotionally abused children will assume that how they were treated at home was natural. They have no frame of reference. And so, the c…”— Veronica Jarski, theinvisiblescar.wordpress.com
“You have had such a deep hunger for real human contact for such a long time that when it is offered, you consume it ravenously. Such clinging and highly dependent behavior eventually forces the other person to reject you, and you take this as further proof that you are unlovable.”— Steven Farmer, amazon.com
“You must let go of the responsibility for the painful events of your childhood and put it where it belongs.”— Susan Forward, Craig Buck, amazon.com
“You are an adult and can withstand your discomfort for the purpose of becoming your own person.”— Susan Forward, Craig Buck, amazon.com
“Never do business or socialize with someone whom you catch in a lie under any circumstances. After all, if he’s comfortable lying, he’s probably also comfortable doing a lot worse things too.”— Glass Lillian, amazon.com
“Does he often give you the silent treatment when he’s upset? 2. Is getting him to open up like pulling teeth? 3. Is he distant, cold, aloof, or lacking emotion so that it’s difficult to know his feelings?”— Glass Lillian, amazon.com
“If a man is non-communicative, withholds affection, or doesn’t respond to your emotions, it is mental and emotional cruelty. It is nothing less than abuse.”— Glass Lillian, amazon.com
“Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate.”— Mandy Hale, amazon.com
“Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.”— Israelmore Ayivor, amazon.com
“you need to come to a place where you value yourself more than your partner or the relationship.”— Matt Collins, amazon.com
“The first (and one of the worst) ways a relationship can be dysfunctional is in the case of psychological abuse. Psychological abuse is any behavior by one person which leads to psychological and emotional damage in the other. The damage which can happen from this type of abuse is long lasting, subt…”— Matt Collins, amazon.com
“Manipulators use diversion tactics such as, not giving a straight answer or steering the conversation to another topic.”— Sarah Nielsen, amazon.com
“By understanding us, you remove one of our most powerful weapons ; confusion.”— H G Tudor, amazon.com