{"quotes":[{"text":"The lack of culpability of the perpetrator and his or her transference of blame onto alcohol or other substances only perpetuates the violent behaviors.","author":"Asa Don Brown","tags":["addict","addiction","addictive-behavior","alcohol","asa-don-brown","domestic-violence","drugs","substances","the-sober-world-magazine"],"id":3387,"author_id":"Asa+Don+Brown"},{"text":"How many young men fear that there is a monster inside them? People are supposed to fear others, not themselves. People are supposed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.","author":"Veronica Roth","tags":["domestic-violence","thought-provoking","thoughts-of-you"],"id":24588,"author_id":"Veronica+Roth"},{"text":"Crime doesn’t take a holiday. It changes costume for the season, and Christmas is the season for domestic violence. Too much pressure to deliver the perfect gift, and not enough money. Too little to say, and too much alcohol encouraging confessions. Never enough love or imagination to deliver the dream.","author":"Peter Kirby","tags":["christmas","crime","domestic-violence"],"id":31875,"author_id":"Peter+Kirby"},{"text":"Anyone could see that this woman is living a nightmare. Except that she goes through her daily life wide awake, knowing that she could make a mistake at any moment.","author":"Núria Añó","tags":["awake","courage","domestic-violence","dv","feminism","freedom","gender","gender-inequality","hypocrisy","identity","integrity","leave-home","leave-the-past","misogyny","mistake","nuria-ano","pain","painfully","realism","reason","self-awareness","self-determination","woman","women","women-s-day","women-s-rights"],"id":56977,"author_id":"N%C3%BAria+A%C3%B1%C3%B3"},{"text":"No, Karl, not now. Take it easy. It’s our happy day.”Poul-Erik’s MotherThe Informer by Steen Langstrup.","author":"Steen Langstrup","tags":["domestic-violence","mother"],"id":59661,"author_id":"Steen+Langstrup"},{"text":"Make sure your fun is not mocking someone’s pain and your enjoyment is not another’s suffering. The melody of your ears must not be the cries of a powerless.","author":"Shahla Khan","tags":["assault","domestic-violence","enjoyment","fun","harassment","melody","pain","powerless","rape","suffering","violence"],"id":62536,"author_id":"Shahla+Khan"},{"text":"When we die, we go into the arms of those who remember us.","author":"Rosie Malezer","tags":["domestic-violence","guardian-angel","infant-death","remember","sids","survival"],"id":77454,"author_id":"Rosie+Malezer"},{"text":"Every time he raised his hands on her. He killed a prince from a fairy tale somewhere deep within her heart, brutally.","author":"Akshay Vasu","tags":["brutal","deep","domestic-violence","fairy-tales","hands","kill","pain","prince","raise","she","violence","violence-against-women"],"id":78693,"author_id":"Akshay+Vasu"},{"text":"All that existed was the blinding imperative to not think, to leave it all behind. To have it all fade to black in the throes of a truly good orgasm. To thrust and rock and pound until he came long and hard. To reach the pinnacle as fast as he could, to leap off the edge and truly leave all his earth-bound worries behind.He was a cave man. He was a Neanderthal. He was fucking Cro-Magnon.","author":"Amy Andrews","tags":["connie","cop","domestic-violence","ethan","friends-to-lovers","jj","jumbuck-springs","outback-heat","publican","the-stockman","unrequited-love"],"id":90225,"author_id":"Amy+Andrews"},{"text":"The mere fact that I exist means that I deserve to be here and to express myself any damn why I please.","author":"Euphoria Godsent","tags":["born-this-way","confidence-and-attitude","confidence","diva","domestic-violence","empowering-attitude","empowering","expressing-yourself","free-speech","human-rights","inspirational","lgbt","lgbt-rights","self-awareness","self-esteem-high-self-image","self-esteem","self-love","self-love","self-worth","spiritual-awakening","spiritual-awareness","transformation"],"id":165261,"author_id":"Euphoria+Godsent"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":36,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}