"The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it must be based upon the self-protective capability of the victim. Until the victim has developed a detailed and realistic contingency plan and has demonstrated her ability to carry it out, she remains in danger of repeated abuse."

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Source : "Trauma and Recovery". Book by Judith Lewis Herman, 1992.

Judith Lewis Herman

#Self Quotes #Safety Quotes #Heartfelt Quotes

“I've spoken to people who I swear can tell the future.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm not the most talkative guy in the world.”
“I do fat people and these makeups are really hard to do, but I want to make monster movies.”
“Studying writing to me means reading and also rewriting obsessively. That's the best way to learn.”

Source : "Go forth (Vol.10)". Interview with Nicolle Elizabeth, logger.believermag.com. June 5, 2013.
“The lessons we learn in sadness and from loss are those that abide. Sorrow clarifies the mind, steadies it, and forces it to weigh things correctly. The soil moist with tears best feeds the seeds of truth.”
“Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive.”
“A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.”
“My brethren, the reason why you have not got contentment in the things of the world is not because you have not got enough of them-that is not the reason-but the reason is, because they are not things proportionable to that immortal soul of yours that is capable of God himself.”

Source : Jeremiah Burroughs (2001). “Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”, p.35, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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