Battered Quotes

“We live in a world in which women are battered and are unable to flee from the men who beat them, although their door is theoretically standing wide open. One out of every four women becomes a victim of severe violence. One out of every two will be confronted by sexual harassment over her lifetime. These crimes are everywhere and can take place behind any front door in the country, every day, and barely elicit much more than a shrug of the shoulders and superficial dismay.”
― Natascha Kampusch, 3,096 Days

“Even when battered and broken, he was beautiful. Yes, a guy could be beautiful. Especially if that guy was Deandre.”
― Aishabella Sheikh, Jungle Princess

“You know very well that Jesus suffered in order that he might bring peace and comfort to all his children, no matter what their age or why they are suffering. Like the little angel on the tree upstairs, they are also tattered. But Christ loves them more for that, not less, and they remain his angels still." "I … I hadn't thought of it quite like that..." I stammered to myself as I saw in my mind the angel on the Christmas tree upstairs, the angel who had been so abused and battered by others, the angel, I had been so critical of.”
― Blaine M. Yorgason, One Tattered Angel: A Touching True Story of the Power of Love

“I enjoyed living here. Nobody gets drunk and nobody gets battered.”
― Robert Cormier