Paloma Faith Quotes

At the end of the day, your life is on the line when you're dealing with abusive men, and your life is more important than any man.

Daddy loves you, but he smacks you, and he can shout at you and smash things, but Daddy still loves you. So when you get into a relationship with someone who does all of that, why would it be unusual?

Domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships - in other words, in families - the last place we would want or expect to find violence.

Domestic violence is much more prevalent than people realize.

We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates to any form of domestic violence.

Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction over being violent to women, children, and one another.

There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.

My husband worked on Wall Street and was an Ivy League graduate as well. In our world, we were the last couple you'd imagine enmeshed in domestic violence.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

For far too many women the number one health risk is the violence we face in our own home.

I read 'Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them,' and I found frightening pieces that related to... my own life.

Don't rationalize or internalize abusive behavior, because love doesn't hurt.

I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.

Like with all other crime, we must, of course, treat the perpetrators of these actions as the criminals they are. But unlike with the vast majority of other crime, justice is not delivered simply by punishing the perpetrator. This is because the harm associated with domestic violence extends far beyond the point of contact.

Abuse directed at women is always sexual or violent.

When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.

Even though many couples are choosing to marry later in life, our laws haven't been updated to address dating partner abuse.

Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.

You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.

It was my first big relationship and it was just very abusive. I wouldn't give him the credit of naming him, if he ever reads this. But he was older, in the music business - or so he said.

Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.