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Abuse Quotes

"Crawling up into daddy's lapwhen dad was stillDADDYnodding my head against his chest soaking in the comfort of his heartLISTENINGto the thump...thumpsomewhere beneath muscleand breastbone I remember his armstheir sublimeENCIRCLINGand the shawdow of his voice"I love you, little girl.Put away your bad dreams.Daddy's here"I put them away, Until Daddy became my nightmare that one that cameHOMEfrom work everyday and insteadof picking me up, chased me farfaraway."

"Crawling up into daddy's lapwhen dad was stillDADDYnodding my head against his chest soaking in the comfort of his heartLISTENINGto the thump...thumpsomewhere beneath muscleand breastbone I remember his armstheir sublimeENCIRCLINGand the shawdow of his voice"I love you, little girl.Put away your bad dreams.Daddy's here"I put them away, Until Daddy became my nightmare that one that cameHOMEfrom work everyday and insteadof picking me up, chased me farfaraway."

Ellen Hopkins, American Novelist

Abuse, Trauma, Innocence, Betrayal

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"He said he loved more than any other women he's ever loved and I had a black eye to prove it."

"He said he loved more than any other women he's ever loved and I had a black eye to prove it."

Crystal Woods, American Poet

Abuse, Violence, Illusion, Reality

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"Emotional blackmails and psychological threats are the feces of a rotten soul."

"Emotional blackmails and psychological threats are the feces of a rotten soul."

Angelica Hopes, Swiss Author

Abuse, Manipulation, Truth, Integrity

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"Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it really isn't about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing."

"Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it really isn't about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Abuse, Power, Control, Forgiveness

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"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."

"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Abuse, Word, Pain, Authority

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