The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it must be based upon the self-protective capability of the victim. Until the victim has developed a detailed and realistic contingency plan and has demonstrated her ability to carry it out, she remains in danger of repeated abuse.
Judith Lewis HermanTags: safety refuge violence victim protection promises survivor abuse perpetrator domestic-violence victimization abused-women battered-women batterers battering self-protection
Talent is useful, but always keep your dagger sharp.
Amanda QuickTags: talent self-protection
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTags: self-esteem confidence courage courage-to-be-oneself self-determination independent-thought pride lightning protection self-belief self-protection lightning-rod self-reliance-independence
...Everyone struggles to guard their heart from breaking, when they should desire to have a heart that breaks...
John GeddesTags: struggle guard break protect self-protection
My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.
Margaret EdsonTags: words vocabulary defense self-protection
Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.
Jerzy KosińskiTags: love identity relationships isolation lovers self-protection gender-relations the-human-condition
There’s often a reason why people and dogs bite. It’s about self-protection. If we respect what we may not know about the suffering of others and look at them compassionately, we open the door that can lead to understanding.
Jennifer SkiffTags: inspirational compassion dogs suffering understanding self-protection
You don't need a weapon to protect yourself.
Bill MaherTags: weapons guns protection gun-control gun-violence self-protection real-time-with-bill-maher
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