It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is: kill her.

[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.

Domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships - in other words, in families - the last place we would want or expect to find violence.

Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.

We should hold abusers — and no one else — responsible for the damage they inflict.

Women are naturally competitive. That's what drives women to form cliques at early age.

the courage it took to get out of bed eachmorningto face the same thingsover and overwasenormous.

She became his Ariadne, leading him through the labyrinth of books, stopping now and then to pass another one to him.

Cows scream louder than carrots.

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.

Its matter was not new to me, but was presented in a new aspect. It shook me in my habit - the habit of nine-tenths of the world - of believing that all was right about me, because I was used to it.

If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.

People can make arguments from the Bible if they want to. But I want them to see that they should also give arguments that all reasonable citizens might agree to.

Sailing is a completely new sport for me and I wasn't sure what to expect but I've definitely got the bug.