You didn’t make him this way. A controlling or abusive man lives out his own script, and the woman he’s involved with has nothing to do with it, believe it or not. The exact same behaviors emerge from him regardless of the woman—unless it’s
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“Books are Doors and I wanted out.”
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
“I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, so the light of other suns shines through; I hope you will keep the world unruly, messy, full of strange magics; I hope you will run through every open Door and tell stories when you return.”
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
“Maybe all powerful men are cowards at heart, because in their hearts they know power is temporary.”
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
“The central attitudes driving the Terrorist are:
You have no right to defy me or leave me. Your life is in my hands.
Women are evil and have to be kept terrorized to prevent that evil from coming forth.
I would rather die than accept your right to independence.
The children are one of the best tools I can use to make you fearful.
Seeing you terrified is exciting and satisfying.”
― Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
You have no right to defy me or leave me. Your life is in my hands.
Women are evil and have to be kept terrorized to prevent that evil from coming forth.
I would rather die than accept your right to independence.
The children are one of the best tools I can use to make you fearful.
Seeing you terrified is exciting and satisfying.”
― Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
“How fitting, that the most terrifying time in my life should require me to do what I do best: escape into a book.”
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
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