Mallory

“Not all men practice violence against women but all women live with the threat of male violence every single day. All over the Earth.”
― Fuad Alakbarov

“when traumatic events are of human design, those who bear witness are caught in the conflict between victim and perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear, and speak no evil. The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain. The victim demands action, engagement and remembering.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

“You can break a body, but you can never break a spirit that chooses to rise despite the hurt.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled

“do not look for healing
at the feet of those
who broke you”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey