Pamela Samuels Young > Quotes

“No, I’m just being real. Women don’t leave rich, powerful men. Even when the whole world knows about their man’s sexual indiscretions, they stay. Hillary didn’t leave Bill. Camille is standing by Cosby and Kobe Bryant appeased his wife with a four million dollar diamond ring. I don’t care how smart the woman is or whether she has her own money. The majority of women don’t leave.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Lawful Deception

“world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“Organized gangs were now deep into the sex trafficking business, snatching girls off city streets, not from other countries.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“Once a ‘Romeo Pimp’ has gained a victim’s trust, he systematically breaks down her resistance, support systems, and self-esteem. Victims are coerced into submission through gang rape, confinement, beatings, torture, cutting, tattooing, burning, branding, being deprived of basic needs, and threats of murder.”   —The State of Human Trafficking in California”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“You’re my wife and I love you. And the fact that you’re standing here telling me you don’t trust me is pretty messed up.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, In Firm Pursuit

“We’re stuck on this image of gay women as masculine and gay men as feminine, and we refuse to recognize that they look just like you and me. The black community is going to have to recognize that condemning these guys because they’re gay is wrong.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Murder on the Down Low

“clanking against the side of a stainless steel pot—signaled that her mother was busy in the kitchen preparing breakfast. Easing the door shut, Brianna leaned against it and closed her eyes. To pull this off, Brianna couldn’t just act calm, she had to be calm. Otherwise, her mother would surely notice. But at only thirteen, she’d become pretty good at finding ways around her mother’s”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“A man for you is a desire, not a necessity.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Lawful Deception

“Victims of human trafficking have limited access to help and often do not self-identify, especially when they have been isolated from friends and family for long periods of time. Feelings of shame and fear of reporting to law enforcement may also add to a reluctance to seek help.”   —National Human Trafficking Resource Center”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“bouncer inside. There was probably”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“The average entry age of American minors into the sex trade is 12-14 years old.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“Skype or FaceTime or even talk to her on the phone. Jaden had explained that he wanted to hear her voice and see her face for the first time in person. When she thought about it, that was kind of romantic. If it hadn’t been for her Uncle”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“the death of someone close to them. The girls I see show the same signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as the soldiers coming back from Iraq and”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”   —Albert Einstein, Renown Scientist”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“It’s important to keep your feet on the ground. No matter how good life gets or how screwed up things are, you have to stay anchored. Otherwise, circumstances can beat you down.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Buying Time

“Traffickers target victims on the telephone, on the Internet, through friends, at the mall, and in after-school programs.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“hazel eyes lasered into the screen, anticipating—no craving—an instantaneous response. Jaden had told her to text him when she was about to leave the house. So why didn’t he respond? She hopped off the bed”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Anybody's Daughter

“Yes. That’s exactly right.”
― Pamela Samuels Young, Every Reasonable Doubt