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

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

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.

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

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.

In would rather die of passion than of boredom.

Love hurts, if rejected or betrayed.If not at all, then love is all around.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.

If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all there was to it, people wouldn't have to keep coming to church, would they.

When the Lord commands that we must forgive all men, that includes forgiving ourselves.

. . . in the end, there is nothing a man can do that a woman can't, except be a father.

My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys.

Do not say that you have chaste minds if you have unchaste eyes, because an unchaste eye is the messenger of an unchaste heart.