Leslie Morgan Steiner famous quotes

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The question, 'Why does she stay?' is code for some people for, 'It's her fault for staying,' as if [domestic violence] victims intentionally choose to fall in love with men intent upon destroying us.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Falling In Love #Motivation #Inspiration
[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Motivation #Inspiration #Domestic Violence
It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is: kill her.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Motivation #Inspiration #Domestic Violence
Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Criminals #Needs #Violence
Women are naturally competitive. That's what drives women to form cliques at early age.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Age #Clique #Form
I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Domestic Violence #Next Steps #Finals
What every new parent needs.a ton of expert advice, presented with humor and zero negativity, from two moms who instantly feel like your best friends. This is the one pregnancy guide that new parents will actually want to read.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Mom #Zero #Pregnancy
We should hold abusers â€” and no one else â€” responsible for the damage they inflict.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Damage #Responsible #Should
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.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Motivation #Inspiration #Long
If there is one thing the psychic taught me, it's that people and events are rarely who and what we think they are. They are more meaningful, more worth our attention-part of some finely choreographed, eternal dance that we would be wise to bow down before in gratitude and humility
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner

#Wise #Meaningful #Gratitude

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