Controlling Partner Quotes

#1. One of the prevalent features of life with an angry or controlling partner is that he frequently tells you what you should think and tries to get you to doubt or devalue your own perceptions and beliefs.

Lundy Bancroft

#2. Sexiness is no longer defined just as whether we are desirable, but also what we desire. The more liberated women become - economically, politically, and personally - the more erotic we are. Freedom is a lot sexier than dependency.

Naomi Wolf

#3. Many neglected and abused children grow up to be adults who are afraid to take risks of striking out on their own. Many will remain dependent on their abusive parents and unable to separate from them. Others leave their abusive parents only to attach themselves to a partner who is controlling.

Beverly Engel

#4. False humilty is annoying.

Elise Celine

#5. When we hear these kinds of excuses from a drunk, we assume they are exactly that - excuses. We don't consider an active alcoholic a reliable source of insight. So why should we let an angry and controlling man be the authority on partner abuse?

Lundy Bancroft

#6. Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into its carefully chosen ranks.

Pat Conroy

#7. I guess just like relationships, friends can outgrow each other.

Sarah Colonna

#8. For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

Vincent Van Gogh

#9. I remain quiet. I am determined to close myself to the world, to tighten my heart and hold what has not yet been stolen from me. I cannot let myself slip away. I will hold what I am inside, and keep my hands tight around all the things I have seen and heard, and felt.

Hannah Kent

#10. Okay, so divers have mastered a large body of occult knowledge. That explains their general resemblance to hackers, albeit physically fit hackers.

Neal Stephenson

#11. Love hard. Fight harder

Jamie McGuire

#12. People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

Lionel Richie

#13. Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.

Bianca Jagger

#14. Our ego is our silent partner ... too often with a controlling interest.

Cullen Hightower

#15. Gaze glued to the door, Brayden reluctantly obeys, sending a prayer for mercy up to whatever gods watch over deviants and liars.

Lynn Kelling

#16. When faced with writer's block, lower your standards and keep going.

Sandra Tsing Loh

#17. No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.

Aaron Brown