If I stay here, I will be just fine. Before I shut the door, I got a box of crackers from the kitchen, so I will be fine.

Theirs was the eternal youth of an alternating self, a youth with the constant although unfulfilled promise of growing up

Love doesn’t conquer all; it’s a powerful tool to overcome everything because it means you’re not alone.

Sometimes you just have to be there to understand, even if being there makes no sense at all." - excerpt from: freefalling

The horror of incest is not in the sexual act. but in the exploitation of children and the corruption of parental love. p4

I know who you are...I've fallen hard for that person, and I sure as hell am not going to let you fade into your past.

Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.

God wants you to be delivered from what you have done and from what has been done to you - Both are equally imporant to Him.

Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse; there is no logic in slander, and falsehood, in the long run, defeats itself.

Some people have abusive, negative, controlling tendencies in their blood; they are wired for havoc, bickering and deception.

Some people think it’s a jungle out here. It’s not… It’s a fucking zoo!" - excerpt from: freefalling

Batterers aren't renowned for taking responsibility for their abusiveness, Sam. They tend to shed blame like a snake molts.

(To the haters) You are not extinguishing the bright lights of mankind, you're simply burying yourself in an unmarked grave.

Maybe Duke was just the kind of person you don’t keep in your life, but the kind of person that changes your life forever.

It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how I come to know trees fear man.