Verbal Violence Quotes

#1. Luce: But I thought you said I should stay away from the hard cases.
Arriane: Rule number two - don't listen to me!

Lauren Kate

#2. Partner psychological abuse encompasses nonaccidental verbal or symbolic acts by one partner that result, or have reasonable potential to result, in significant harm to the other partner.

Donald W. Black

#3. Today's competitiveness, so much imposed from without, is exhausting, not exhilarating; is unending-a part of one's social life, one's solitude, one's sleep, one's sleeplessness.

Louis Kronenberger

#4. Do you think there's anything to eat in this forest?"
"Yes," said the wizard bitterly, "us.

Terry Pratchett

#5. Aside from the obvious chocolate cookies and ice cream, chocolate can be used in a variety of ways for desserts.

Marcus Samuelsson

#6. It's important that you don't continue to ignore or accept rages. Realize that extreme rage directed at you or your children is verbal and emotional abuse. Even if you think you can handle it, over time it can erode your self-esteem and poison the relationship. Seek support immediately.

Randi Kreger

#7. If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of fiddling with array indexes and worrying whether X is an integer or a real number, we can begin to focus on programming as a source of ideas.

Hal Abelson

#8. Communication can be sent or received through verbal or nonverbal cues.

Asa Don Brown

#9. The line between actual killing and verbal, symbolic, or imaginary violence is thin and permeable. The threat of violence is a method of forceful coercion, even if no blood is actually shed.

John J. Collins

#10. I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing.

Chris Robinson

#11. Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination to subtle manipulation.

Beverly Engel

#12. Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.

Ernie Harwell

#13. I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually when I failed to respond to their advances.

Julie Burchill

#14. Domestic violence is any behavior involving physical, psychological, emotional, sexual or verbal abuse. It is any form of aggression intended to hurt, damage, or kill an intimate person.

Asa Don Brown

#15. God reveals himself unfailingly to the thoughtful seeker.

Honore De Balzac

#16. The dog leash was still tied tight around the oak tree in the back, stretched worn and limp across the green grass as if trying to escape to freedom; and he buried his wife without a tombstone. Where before, she sat most times in his home, licking her wounds.

Anthony Liccione

#17. It was a chorus! A rain of garbage! A Rigoletto from the sewer, from the rancid gullet of the Bronx!

Tom Wolfe