![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.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-did-not-know-that-the-first-step-in-any-domestic-violence-relationship-is-to-se.jpg)
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Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't be scared'...Most of us have it mixed up. You don't start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear. Laura Davies
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours. Eric Idle
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Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway. Mariska Hargitay
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Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death. Lois Capps
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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
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...those serpents! There's no pleasing them! Lewis Carroll
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Death, the final, triumphant lover. Bela Lugosi
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The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns. David Mitchell
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