"It is very tempting to take the side of the 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."

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Source : Judith Lewis Herman (1997). “Trauma and Recovery”, p.7, Basic Books

Judith Lewis Herman

#Pain Quotes #Bystanders Quotes #Evil Quotes

“There is an investment of your own life experience in something as innocent as colour.”
“I have led the way for moving women from traditional roles to strategic positions and inspired girls and women throughout Africa to seek leadership positions.”
“Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.”
“I actually feel, in a lot of ways, that I'm in better shape than I was when I was 30.”

Source : "Tom Bergeron: Emmy Winner On How He’s Stayed Sane In Hollywood". Interview with Pat Gallagher, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.
“I have some questions about betrayal,â€ I said. â€œThink about this: A person who calls you his best friend, and says he has dinner plans with you, goes off with a beautiful woman, saying heâ€™ll be back directly, then makes you wait half an hour because heâ€™s kissing the woman in the alley. Is that betrayal?â€ â€œOh, Lord.â€ Eldric tossed back his wine.”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.161, Penguin
“I wonder what the difference between love and control is, but I'm afraid to look those words up in a dictionary.”
“I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done...in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit: so let it be done!”

Source : Speech at trial for treason and insurrection, Charlestown, Va., 2 Nov. 1859 See Bible 333
“A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player”

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