Yasmeen

“You look different. You look unsettling.’
‘You look like you,’ he said. ‘You with the volume turned up.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“You act like there are two kinds of girls,' she said. 'The smart ones and the ones that boys like.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“THE MYTHS ABOUT ABUSERS
1. He was abused as a child.
2. His previous partner hurt him.
3. He abuses those he loves the most.
4. He holds in his feelings too much.
5. He has an aggressive personality.
6. He loses control.
7. He is too angry.
8. He is mentally ill.
9. He hates women.
10. He is afraid of intimacy and abandonment.
11. He has low self-esteem.
12. His boss mistreats him.
13. He has poor skills in communication and conflict resolution.
14. There are as many abusive women as abusive men.
15. His abusiveness is as bad for him as for his partner.
16. He is a victim of racism.
17. He abuses alcohol or drugs.”
― Lundy Bancroft, Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

“She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead.”
― Núria Añó