If we want abusers to change, we will have to require them to give up the luxury of exploitation.

Abusers thrive on creating confusion, including confusion about the abuse itself.

Never believe a man's claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way.

Abuse counselors say of the abusive client: “When he looks at himself in the morning and sees his dirty face, he sets about washing the mirror.

Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect.

Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once.

As a product of Anglo-Saxon-Protestant culture, I am familiar with its centuries-old tradition of hiding its abuse of women under pretty packaging.

Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership, the trunk is entitlement, and the branches are control.

-He drives recklessly or speeds up when he’s angry.-He punches walls or kicks doors.-He throws things around, even if they don’t hit you.

Addiction does not cause partner abuse, and recovery from addiction does not “cure” partner abuse.

Learn to recognize omens, and follow them

People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important.

Everyone is introduced to the Peter Pan story when they're very young. This story is part of everyone's life.

I've also learned that the biggest lessons came from my biggest mistakes.

God's creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none.

Ofili is still a champion. It would be a huge mistake to think otherwise.

I am more lost in wonder than ever.

You have a mother?" He quirked a brow. "Did you think mine was some sort of divine birth? My father was a remarkable man, but even he was not that talented.

I met rich men and they became my boyfriends. When I was a kept woman'it was a relationship.

If you DON'T have diversity around your boardroom table, then what is wrong with you?