Hillary

“The lawyer asked us to sit down. He was holding a copy of the will in his hands. I sat nearest him. He flipped several pages over and then handed me the copy, with only the last page showing. There at the top of the final page of the will was one short paragraph which read:

“It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them.”
― Christina Crawford, Mommie Dearest

“The second day of the book tour I stopped an interviewer and said, “Aren’t you asking the wrong question?” The interviewer stared at me blankly.

“The question is not really why I chose to share my experiences with other people. The question we should be dealing with is why does anyone mistreat their children? I think that’s what we should be talking about.”
― Christina Crawford, Survivor

“When one is ready, when we choose, the understanding will be a part of life. Then we are guided very differently.”
― Christina Crawford

“Way beyond the calls for equal pay, self-sovereignty, choice, politi­cal, legal and educational equality, as woman we each need to search our souls, grieve the enormity of what has befallen us, then find new ways to step outside the shame, to channel the outrage into outlets for progress. We need to cease identification with our oppressors so that we may lift up other women and learn the powerful word that means "no.”
― Christina Crawford, Daughters of the Inquisition: Medieval Madness: Origins and Aftermath